Sunday, January 5, 2014

Cobbled Sidewalks

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New York at Night, Vivienne Gucwa

Cobbled Sidewalks 


Walking head down, on cobbled sidewalks,
I remember wintry mountains,
Sparrows feeding in the snow,
a wooden feeder filled
with dry brown seeds.

The bright lights of the city call to me
but so do the songs of birds on the wing
fluting in the trees or fluttering
for space on a birdfeeder
standing on a trellis in the snow. 

© Gerry at Strummed Words

13 comments:

brudberg said...

Oh you can be there.. caught between the city life and a wish for another life.. love the symbolism of the bird-feeder

humbird said...

Nice reflection.

Truedessa said...

You have captured the beauty of two worlds.

Charleen said...

This is so beautiful. Very nicely done!

Berowne said...

Evocative and rather wistful; well done.

Sumana Roy said...

each has a beauty of its own....beautifully sketched :)

Tess Kincaid said...

Brought to mind the town mouse and the country mouse...

Karen said...

I feel the same pull, but sidewalks always lose. ;-)

Elizabeth said...

GREAT post. Love it!!

THANKS for stopping by my Mailbox Monday.

I hope you entered the giveaway.

Have a great evening, and stay warm. Where are you? I am in Pennsylvania. It is ZERO right now, going to bet colder.

Elizabeth
Silver's Reviews
My Mailbox Monday

Glenn Buttkus said...

Gratitude for your stop at my blog; love your piece, nice take on the Mag prompt; odd how in the mountains & forest, we think of the comfort of the cities, & in the cities we search for the parks, to enjoy a slice of green, hear a bird, see flowers; nice juxtaposition.

21 Wits said...

Ah yes, I can not only see that, but feel down to my bones! Nice write.

Helen said...

Lovely .... give me life in the country!

Ginny Brannan said...

I love the contrasts you've painted here. I grew up in VT, but when first married lived on Long Island for 5 years. Though not like living center-city, it still was culture shock to me. We moved back to New England, where my heart truly lies. You have surely captured the distinct differences well with your words.

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