I grew up on Jasmine –
which should make for a poet
or maybe a florist,
or at least why I have allergies
We moved to Florence
but alas I could not find
the statue of David
anywhere behind the shrubs
I guess that’s the way of it –
there were never any groves on Grove
or luminous promises
on Pearl
Though I’ve hung the signs
“Life” and “Death” overhead
I hope you will forgive
this shabby poet’s corner
For Tuesday Poetics
qbit 
I’ve just been reading some poets and I think this remind me of Phillip Larkin or someone contemporary to him? I don’t think it’s Seamus Heany.
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Thanks! I thought it was written in the style of “Too Much Coffee,” but I’ll take Larkin for sure!
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Perhaps you should have another cuppa? I’m about to put brandy into the one I boiled the kettle for. If a poem of sorts come out of it, so be it. If it doesn’t it’s Zen. So there!
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Nicely wry. Whoever named those streets was a romantic. I like your journey.
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Thanks! I enjyed the prompt. Was fun to think about.
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I wonder if we become part of the street… my current street has the same name as myself… wonder what that would mean?
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That you are street wise?
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Ha… could be that.
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You seem street wise too, as evidenced by this poem. Like the voice of it.
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Thanks!
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Nice suggestion that one might be disappointed with what one finds or doesn’t find on certain streets.
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Thanks!
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I live on The Street – does what it says on the packet! But I would love to live in a lane called Jasmine! What a shame to have allergies and not be able to smell the flowers – I’m inhaling honeysuckle as I type 🙂
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That sounds wonderful! Making me want to sneeze, but worth the moment.
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You wrote this in such a way that I hear the Randall poet voice, clear and uncluttered. Excellent.
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Thank you so much. It did seem to have an ease to it that I liked. Appreciate that you picked up on that.
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I know qbit’s voice when I read it.
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Q such fun! Street names or teas? Or a medley of both? Either way it made me laugh. Dry humor is my favorite.
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Thanks!!
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50 poems tossed across a table, no names, and I’d easily scrall Q on this one. Every stanza is excellent!
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LOLOL! Thanks!!
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