Poetry: Read at Golden Lion 'Open Mic' Sydenham Festival

[raquel dandel]

AS I WALKED OUT ONE SUMMERS EVE


AS I WALKED OUT ONE SUMMERS EVE
UP HIGH ON SYDENHAM HILL,
I DREAMT I SAW A MARBLED PROMENADE
GLISTEN BEFORE ME LIKE A MILKY WAY

FROM ABOVE,
A SKY GURGLING WITH BIRD SONG
FROM BELOW,
A STREAM OF SHOPPERS THRONG

WATCHFUL BENEATH BALCONIES OF JASMINE
AND BUTTERFLIES

FOUNTAINS RISE IN PISSARO SHADES
WHILST FISH BASK COOL UNDER COLONNADES


AWNINGS FLAP UPON A SPICE BREEZE,
WHILST FEELINGS SHELTER AT THEIR EASE


LAUGHTER BLOSSOMS IN ROSY HUES
AND DRY TEARS BLOW SILVER AND BLUE

EXPERIENCE HANGS AS GOLDEN PEARS
FROM ITS THOUGHTFUL BOUGHS

ALL WORRIES FALL AWAY AS BARK,
ALONG AVENUES OF PLANE TREES AT MAYOW PARK

NO CHINKING TILL, NO UNWANTED BILL
NO SALES PITCH HYPERBOLE

JUST A BELIEF TO BE IN HARMONY
WITH NATURE, BIRD AND BEAST

MY REVERIE NOW A SETTING SUN
A HEART A GLOW, A PEACE IS WON
AS I WALKED OUT ONE SUMMER EVE.



(7.2013.: More poems at : waveattheworld.blogspot.com
Thankyou.)