Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Once Purple

The bridge was once a purple hue;
There’s just a trace remaining.
It should be freshened up, but seems
The city is refraining.

Of course, it’s low priority
Compared to needs more pressing
Like sanitation, safety, schools
And other ones worth stressing.

Yet when I saw that purple bridge,
The opposite of boring,
It made me smile and surely set
So many spirits soaring.

Perhaps one day, if things return
To life as we once knew it,
Some painters will show up
With purple paint and get right to it.

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Caren Krutsinger October 17, 2020 at 5:54 PM If I lived closer I would be there with my paints. Would you mind touches of orange?

Rico Leffanta October 6, 2020 at 10:45 AM As if there is not an ample supply of unemployed painters to do the job! How can it be cheaper to pay them unemployment? Nice job, Ilene! Aloha! Rico

Trevor Mcleod October 6, 2020 at 7:46 AM I like the changed metering in this Ilene and the lag from one line to the next. Well done! As for the bridge, I can only assume the city's not budgetinig for maintenance. You should complain. They should have a policy for saving for maintenance. If they can't save; they shouldn't be building bridges.

Gershon Wolf October 5, 2020 at 6:18 PM Are you sure that purple paint isn't on lockdown?! lol. With Mr. De Blasio in charge, the whole city may get lockjaw before this is over. The guy makes Lori Lightfoot look like a daredevil. ~ Chicago's no longer Sinatra's Kind of Town

Darlene De Beaulieu October 5, 2020 at 3:35 PM Hello Ilene Beauer, it be nice to see that bridge to be repainted purple. Enjoy your evening my friend.

John Watt October 5, 2020 at 3:18 PM Isn't it nice when the artists and civil engineers and bureaucrats are all on the same page and actually beautify our cities? It's been known to happen!

Jan Allison October 5, 2020 at 1:42 PM I hope they get round to bringing it back to its vibrant colour ... guess they have different priorities at the moment. I was half expecting a poem about trumpety taking a joy ride... still wonder if his illness was a hoax, he has made a remarkable recovery... lets hope he continues to isolate and not inflict everyone else with his 'illness'. hope you and your loved ones are well:-) hugs jan xx