Poetry Train Monday # 2 - Dreaming of Ellas
For today’s entry I bring you a piece written last April in preparation for our trip to Greece. Climb aboard Rhian’s Poetry Train.
Dreaming of Ellas
Dev came home with our new suitcase this afternoon. It is a colour eponymous with Greece: a vibrant, electric blue.
It is the expanse of sea and sky.
It is the painted wooden door of a white-washed home.
It is the hull of a well-weathered fisherman’s boat.
It is the dome of a small secluded chapel.
It is a bead worn close to body to ward off the evil eye.
This blue suitcase is our talisman, a keeper of family secrets and dreams.
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Comments
What an awesome poem! To find so much meaning and so many dreams in one little piece of luggage... (sigh) Lovely.
Posted by: Robin L. Rotham | May 21, 2007 10:51 PM
LOVE the painted door!
Now... what's IN this talisman????
Posted by: Susan Helene Gottfried | May 21, 2007 6:19 PM
"It is a bead worn close to body to ward off the evil eye.
This blue suitcase is our talisman, a keeper of family secrets and dreams."
I love these two lines, how they wrap up the poem, and their relationship to each other. Very nice!
Posted by: julia | May 21, 2007 5:35 PM
Mmmmm, what a beautiful poem. You painted such a vivid picture with your words!
Posted by: Thomma Lyn | May 21, 2007 4:23 PM
I am so ready to go! Wonderful!
Posted by: R.G. Alexander | May 21, 2007 4:01 PM
Oh this makes me want to go to Greece, sigh...
Posted by: Lauren Dane | May 21, 2007 3:35 PM
oh this is great! i'll never be able to see a blue suitcase again without thinking of you and greece. And the evil eye portion brought back a slew of memories for me.
Posted by: rhian | May 21, 2007 3:07 PM
Oh.. I'm falling a little more into your words every time I read them. This was glorious!
Posted by: Miss Frou Frou | May 21, 2007 3:00 PM
I love that. Totally makes me want to go pack a bag.
Posted by: lillian feisty | May 21, 2007 2:54 PM
nifty.......my father just got back from a two week vacation in Greece........i'm seriously envious......
Posted by: stak | May 21, 2007 2:51 PM
OMG, I love this poem. I had to enjoy it several times. I love how you take an innocuous item and use it to bring Greece to life. And now, I really, really want to go myself.
Very good!
Posted by: Rinda | May 21, 2007 2:29 PM
Sigh, sigh, sigh.
When are we leaving?? LOL
I'd love to take that gorgeous suitcase and just go up and fly!! =)
Beautiful Christine!
Posted by: Red | May 21, 2007 1:51 PM