star gazing comfort
Usually in mid-August, we go out for an evening or two to get a glimpse of the Perseid meteor shower. This annual meteor shower is the result of the Earth’s passage through the Perseid cloud, debris of the comet Swift-Tuttle. This year I sat at the end of our driveway on the evening predicted to be the peak of the shower and saw one bright and very sparkly meteor streaking from overhead toward the south-east.
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I have waited a while to do this post because I wanted to take a particular photo. Last week, I finally saw the item I wanted, an old couch put out on the lawn. I wrote the poem below in mid-August several years ago, after I saw a group of students sitting on just such a couch, presumably waiting to see the meteor shower.
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abandoned sofa on a lawn
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sofa on the lawn
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seemed a fine idea
comfy spot to watch
the Perseids do
their August light show
but
clouded over
we ran indoors
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the sofa became
a sponge to sop the rain
a field mouse free-for-all
dog-eared page
from a promising read
worse smell than fleece soaked
in skunky ale
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epic fail
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May 4, 2012 ‘a comet’ Jane Tims
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Copyright 2014 Jane Tims
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The poem is wonderful. I agree with Robin that I can almost smell that sofa. 🙂
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Sheryl
September 21, 2014 at 7:41 pm
Hi Sheryl. I’m glad to not smell it! Jane
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jane tims
September 22, 2014 at 5:31 pm
Love the poem, Jane, and the fact that you waited patiently to take just the right photo before posting it. Epic fail that sofa outside in the rain may have been – not so your depiction. Thanks.
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francisguenette
September 20, 2014 at 1:24 pm
Hi Fran. Thanks! I love some of the ‘modern’ expressions – ‘epic fail’ can’t be beat! Jane
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jane tims
September 20, 2014 at 7:13 pm
Very descriptive poem. I can almost smell that sofa. 🙂
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Robin
September 20, 2014 at 11:50 am
Hi Robin – Oh yes, and would you even consider sitting on it??? Jane
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jane tims
September 20, 2014 at 7:12 pm
I loved this poem when I first heard you read it…love it still.
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Carol Steel
September 19, 2014 at 5:34 pm
Hi Carol. Thanks. It is also fun to read aloud!! Jane
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jane tims
September 20, 2014 at 7:11 pm