Bootheel Writers Group - Ten Minute Writing Challenge
The Teashop
He moves to my side
near at hand but not touching
Others strolled with us but
my focus narrows on the
man at my side
The teashop our destination
draws us onward Its interior
beckoning us downward
through a shadowed
passageway
Lingering encourages us
a poet's heart greets us with a
smile . . . a wonder of conversation awaits
Little did I know his self-produced
books would inspire my own
efts decades later
Long after now I have forgotten his name but I still remember his
tiny teashop and his miniature booklets of poetry written as the
musing of a retired engineer
And soon after that the man at my side decided to remain there forever
From Don: I just got choked up.
ReplyDeletefrom E: beautiful
ReplyDeleteI wasn't able to read the whole post. On my computer, all I see are a couple of disjointed lines separated by large black spaces. So I tried on my cell phone, and there I could read the beginning down to "...a poet's heart greets us with a smile." It was so beautiful, but then when I clicked on READ MORE, it reverted to the same view as on my computer--the same few disjointed lines separated by large black spaces.😢
ReplyDeleteI tried to change and remove punctuation. Didn't work. I'll try to completely re-enter. 1
DeleteIt's better than it was. It reads fine down to "a wonder of conversation awaits" and then nothing after that.
DeleteI hope you can get the rest to show up. It's really beautiful, and I would love to see the end.
Still working on it. I think I'm almost there.
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