no summer love here
hope for a rainstorm to come
far from any beach
on a faraway seashore
as the children gather shells
couple making love
I want a garden
perhaps a small waterfall
spilling over stones
don't want a French kiss
I take tea with sunflower
won't lurk in shadow
~Cie~
Note:
I've never been keen for flings and I don't like being anyone's dirty little secret. Finding a summer love never appealed to me, and I've only been to the beach once in my life. I'd much rather spend my time on mundane activities such as gardening than engaging in an ill-advised mating dance which will only end in heartbreak for me.
Frankly, in many ways, I'm quite content not to be young anymore. I only wish I had the strength and endurance of my youth. The impulsiveness, stupidity, and desperate lovesick puppy behavior is more than welcome to remain in the past.
I see some of the crazy my older friends have on the dating scene - never mind the teen drama - and that's enough to make me happy the hubby and I have held on to each other.
ReplyDeleteI'd rather not be in a romantic relationship. Too much trouble. I'm glad you found one that worked.
DeleteI like this, Cie. I hope it's mostly you. It is me and at my age now that is fine with me. I don't do much gardening, the Mrs. and I both are doctoring from poison ivy from trying to pull up a vine with our bare hands. I got it pilled.
ReplyDeleteWe have a little waterfall when it's turned on, I have retired from the trunk of my car a green blanket never used.
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It's all me. Love stinks, at least romantic love does. Plants are better.
DeleteTo want more than a summer fling, just a love everlasting. A garden that grows. A river that continually flows. (I promise, I wasn't trying to make this rhyme!)
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job of it anyway. :-D
DeleteI agree: a garden, a small waterfall, and tea sound sublime.
ReplyDeleteThanks. :-)
DeleteThere is some kind of a delicate movement in all these haiku — I love the idea/image of a small waterfall "spilling over stones".
ReplyDeleteThank you. :-)
Deletethe idea of taking tea with a sunflower is just light and lovely Cie -
ReplyDeleteThanks. :-)
DeleteI’m sending you some summer love and wishes for a rainstorm, Cie! And I hope you get your garden soon – with sunflowers, a waterfall or fountain, and a table and a chair for drinking tea.
ReplyDeleteThank you. :-)
DeleteIf you made comments on other poems, you might have some on yours. I have made positive comments on your poems and you never even said thank you. So this is the last time I am commenting on ykur lost. Don't be a prick slick.
ReplyDeleteToni, that's fine with me. I sometimes have difficulty returning comments. You do whatever you want. I sometimes reply to comments right away, sometimes I have trouble doing so due to mental health issues or circumstances. You could just opt to not comment rather than be contentious.
DeleteSeriously, there are times when I comment on people's blogs and they never return my comments. I don't get in a dither about it. Either I go ahead and comment anyway because I feel like it, or I don't comment. It's really that simple. You don't know what another person may be dealing with. Which is the way I'm trying to look at you because I'm dealing with a great many other things and it isn't worth it to put myself in a tailspin about a person I don't even know getting upset with me about something which at worst is a minor social faux pas. I apologize that you're offended that I haven't always replied to your comments (or other people's) immediately. However, it really is not worth scolding someone over. I hope you feel better for having "put me in my place." I'm a bit gobsmacked, so, mission accomplished, I suppose. Go you.
DeleteThe garden with the waterfall sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI think so. :-)
DeleteTea with sunflowers is a lovely image.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry you have been singled out for this savage attack.
Comment or not when or if you want to. We should not give comments to get comments. We comment because we like the work and hopefully most of us are mature enough to acknowledge that not everything we write is liked by everyone. Your response was very restrained and the only place you occupy is that of a well mannered person. I am very upset that a poet should be treated like this.Please keep writing and don't let this incident daunt your creativity.
Thank you, Cressida. I'm not the only one to be on the receiving end of this person's harsh behavior by any means. In fact, a previous unpleasant interaction with her is the reason I don't visit her blog. I generally try to reply to comments on this blog, but my son and I are in the process of moving to an old property and it's a 250-mile round trip. My diabetes has responded to the increased stress on my body by throwing my blood sugar into holes. Good times!
DeleteI've been writing since I was six years old, and that's a hot minute ago. Not likely this sort of thing will stop me. Unfortunately, it does make me feel uncomfortable about sharing my links with Real Toads, at least for awhile.