Words In the Wind

The South End Poetry Group 
wrote, shared, critiqued, 
then self-published in a book.
Not content to hold and
admire our work, we set
about to give others a look.

We put up a special booth
during the fall festival
honoring our home town.
We raised our tent, to
block the sun, secured
with stakes in the ground.

To catch their attention
we used bright balloons, in
colors of red, white and blue.
We tied them securely 
on each side of the tent
in case the wind came thru.

On the tables, we placed
covers in our school's colors. 
In front, a large banner
telling who we were and why
we were there, then displayed
wares in an orderly manner.

But the wind had no care
for all our effort, and
spurned our colorful array;
came in with a mighty
whoosh, like a giant broom,
and swept it all away.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Roper Avatar
November 26, 2014 at 7:02 PM
Every so often that wind does cause havoc; I saw a whole tent fly into the baseball field and thought the kids would get hurt. Bless you and have a nice Thanksgiving
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November 27, 2014 at 12:07 PM
Thank you, Eve, and a Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
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