Poetry Corner: Carousel Dreams

Quick poetry post for my Poetry Tuesday. I wrote a couple of poems yesterday, but the pantoum was not my best and the other was a haiku. I like to post several haiku at a time, because they are short poems. So tonight (early Wenesdayish) we are going back to May. This poem was inspired back the carousel at Eldridge Park in Elmira, NY. Where the rides are a dollar and the chance to win a brass ring. Like the good ol' days!

This is a pantoum. One of my faves and a reminder of summer's end. The repetition seems to evokes feeling of being a child, summer, fairs and such. Enjoy, Dear Readers!

Carousel Dreams

In a colourful blur of memories

spinning around your head--

in the sunshine you hear the music

and you feel like a kid again.

Spinning around your head

as the world whirls in colourful blurs

and you feel like a kid again--

picking out your trusty steed.

As the world whirls in colourful blurs

taking hold in the line the long minutes of

picking out your trusty steed,

for the adventure of a lifetime.

Taking hold in the line the long minutes of

waiting for your turn to arrive,

for the adventure of a lifetime

only costs one dollar.

Waiting for your turn to arrive,

when no cares are to be had--

only costs one dollar

to ride the giant giraffe.

When no cares are to be had--

in the sunshine and memories

to ride the giant giraffe

in a colourful blur of memories.

5-3-2015
12:04 pm