Congratulations to Bob for his poem published
in Autumn Sky Poetry Daily on 22 February 2018:
Swallows of Capistrano
Remember
the fork tailed swallows
swooping and dipping
in the warm air currents,
our own hearts light
as scarves?
After you left me,
I was a mess,
everything an effort–going
to work, making dinner–
my heart heavy,
weighted in muck.
I glance at the tourists,
half-expecting to see you,
the crowds thinning on this,
San Juan’s Day,
like a kettle’s dying
steam.
A swallow hangs
high above the stone mission,
one of the last swallows
leaving Capistrano
for Argentina
–but my heart has no place
to winter. Like me
it has become a stranger
in Capistrano,
with no where
to go.
by Bob Bradshaw
Editor’s Note [Christine Klocek-Lim]:
This poem of loss is made all the more poignant
by the real life story of the swallows disappearing.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m ... story.html
Note: Bob workshopped an early draft of this in Writer's Block
on the 9th July 2017 - post 533
Congratulations Bob-Swallows of Capistrano Published
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Re: Congratulations Bob-Swallows of Capistrano Published
Well deserved Bob, Congrats