PRAGUE
SYMPHONY
Prelude
beech
forests
poplar
meadows
chestnut
groves
dusty
roads slice fallowed fields
birch
embroidering streams
through
fog & mist
amongst
the stars
almond
& apricot lanterns
paper
mâché poppy cosmos
cling
upon & amongst
planets
& moons
beyond
below
descent
& ascent
confined
by rail slats
lullabied
& cradled
alone
along
the
Elbe
river
valley
dirt
to stone to asphalt
steel
sparks smoke
window
bound
on
the overnight
Dresden
- Prague train
Adagio
turmeric
& ginger
copper
early dusk
along
the Vltava
faded
rose moon
reluctantly
tendrils across
ashened
stars
autumn
cicada
murmur
& chant
cluttered
linden grove
ancient
medlar
merely
staging
poetic
lament
amongst branches
longing nightingale
I
remember sky
Scherzo
up
in the old hotel
an
uncharted country
nightingale
sings amongst the garden
Vltava
waters flow
in
silent repose
night
photographer waits
stagnant
crepuscular air
drags
that indigo sky
through
naked branches
upon
staved river bank
following
shadowed sun
meandering
to awaiting sea
Coda
prayed
then ushered
out
of the church
by
that impatient priest
he
must have hungered
not
for the bread of life
but
hearty manna
finding
refuge in a small café
to
ease my thirst & famish
mystery
on every street
shadows
beckoned me
lost
upon these streets
just
another wayward soul
darkness
& snow descend
as
I cross the Vltava
Terrence Sykes was born and raised in the
rural coal mining area of Virginia. This isolation brings the theme
of remembrance to his creations, whether real or imagined . Other
interests include cooking, gardening ,heirloom vegetable research &
foraging wild edibles. His poetry - photography - flash fiction has
been published in Bangladesh ,Canada, Ireland , India, Mauritius, Pakistan,
Scotland, Spain and the USA.
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