Gardenous (The Chateau)
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Brooke Ashley
I reside in Melbourne Beach, Florida. My joys include raising toddlers, writing poetry and dialogue, the beach, singing, storytelling, piano and reading. My writing objective is to challenge myself through rhyme and reason, or the lack thereof. By Brooke Ashley
Published on 06/9/2010
Poem written after staying at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood, CA.
Gardenous
A dress folded in a shredded suitcase
Remains wrinkle free.
The drapery begins to unravel the tweed
Like ancient horsehair the seams break
Like chimes
Allowing a silky sweep of patina to
Plunge
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Cascade down like a curtain.
A koi kisses the common carp
Quartz overcomes granite
Petals swirl in silent water
Budda winks at a billboard
Fossils dance till
The tempest locks the latch
Swallowing the garden whole
As the suitcase limps away
Rust free.
Remains wrinkle free.
The drapery begins to unravel the tweed
Like ancient horsehair the seams break
Like chimes
Allowing a silky sweep of patina to
Plunge
Expand
Cascade down like a curtain.
A koi kisses the common carp
Quartz overcomes granite
Petals swirl in silent water
Budda winks at a billboard
Fossils dance till
The tempest locks the latch
Swallowing the garden whole
As the suitcase limps away
Rust free.