Abstract

I rambled once, riding my bicycle
on a foggy day of winter.
The fog remained suspended long in the atmosphere -
so impatient I to go out,
for such a weather decades not seen.

Going farther and farther,
excited seeing the veiled country
on a lonesome village road not seen before,
the fogs dissipated; evening sun appeared
giving a pleasant apricity .

The countryside was calm, and gentle -
sprawling paddy fields,  brown with stubble,
on both sides of the quiet, and peaceful road.
To the east, they stretched to the foot of the distant Blue Hill;
a grove of trees in the middle,
mist resting still at its foot,
while a few clouds seen floating above the brae,
top and above the idyllic blue hill.

There, a moment, I longed to sit
by the paddy field under the tree,
branches wide spreading
with a maiden of my imagination long ago.

(PUBLISHED  IN THE INTERNATIONAL POETRY ANTHOLOGY - It is Still Poetry)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Dietrich Avatar
April 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is wonderful work. I need to see if I have added you to my list of favorite poets yet.
Chircop Avatar
October 20, 2020 at 12:09 AM
Fifty years is a long time..A long dream...and the place you pictured is a haven of bliss to be..Beautiful.
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