Detached Living
by P.J.Reed
Detached, aloof in
Red bricked splendour,
Roof tiles sat in
Frowning rows and
Watched with stony stares.
The chimney pot
Refused to smoke.
In a haze of purple velour
Bay windows shut their eyes;
While greying garden statues
Slowly turned away.
Golden leaves floated,
Whispering softly to
A wandering, wintry breeze.
The white gate screamed
On bleeding hinges;
Moaning to the wind.
And the robin flew away
And I was left outside, alone,
The dog, my child
And me.
Copyright ©: P.J.Reed
End of the poem
15 random poems
- On A View Of Pasadena From The Hills by Yvor Winters
- Childless Woman by Sylvia Plath
- Виктор Кудлачев – Весна
- Владимир Костров – Утро в Заборье
- Ирина Гурина – Как пчёлы чуть не поссорились
- A Passing Glimpse by Robert Frost
- Two Songs Of Advent by Yvor Winters
- Dream Landing by Satish Verma
- Paradise Regained: The First Book poem – John Milton poems
- Memory poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems
- Off Mesolongi poem – Alfred Austin
- Ballade Of The Midnight Forest poem – Andrew Lang poems
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- “Sadder than lark when lowering” poem – Alfred Austin
- Hush’d be the Camps To-day. by Walt Whitman
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