Curtain Call

Maple trees on both sides of Nineteenth Street closed down the evening sky. In a slight uncovered slice a single star was made to burn the brighter by this focusing framework. I wonder, were your drapes drawn not quite tight to burn your beauty on the night?

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Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 4/2/2023 10:43:00 AM

Hello Bill Keen, This is beautifully done. So nice to met you. Enjoy your day my friend. Darlene/

Brian Sambourne

Date: 2/16/2021 7:21:00 PM

A thoughtful, engaging poem, Bill. Loved it. Curtain Call catches both the "framework" of the trees + the slightly opened drapes. Additionally, the last line truly resonates. Best wishes, Brian

John Conde

Date: 1/22/2019 8:43:00 AM

Not bad, me personally i would like to see more B's in it. You should check out the aliteration i did. The poems called All I's on me

John Conde
Date: 2/12/2019 3:18:00 AM

Maybe i was misinformed, i see what your doing now, i thought alliteration was sticking with the same letter throughout.