Friday 4 September 2009

Ovation

We ate a little dinner on Sunday evening

as family sitting around a dining table

(Van Morrison played a background beat)

and discussed how exciting the disco had been

so Andrew would clock it and tell to

Natasha, his teacher, next day of the dance


when he suddenly clapped out a huge ovation

for our cook, author of a sausage repast,

and we all joined in as never before:

never before so excited about being

together and noisily together thanking creation.

15 comments:

  1. I love the snapshot quality of this. Very appealing, honest tone. Great work.

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  2. Slice of life and joyful thankfulness at its best. You've painted us a beautiful picture. ;o)

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  3. Perfect ode to that all-important tradition of the family meal. You sound a very joyous note :)

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  4. Beauty and joy is best in the simplest of things. Mealtimes will never be the same. Loved it.

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  5. A lovely mind photo of a joyous family meal.

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  6. Words put into perspective to resonate our daily lives,poetry in motion is poetr y in action,we live words in this world, poetry is good with good poet! Nice!

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  7. Very lovely. I could picture the family joyous and smiling.
    Anne

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  8. Nice. Really enjoyed the family dinner feeling.

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  9. "Noisily together," I like those words.

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  10. Morrison mealtime memories - such lovely images in your warm poetry kudos to you.

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  11. Savour the moment...flavour and life....that's how that poem made me feel.

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  12. Like the rhythm noisy celebration ending in gratitude.

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