Amber Jade
  • Home
  • Listen
  • Learn
  • Look
  • Link
  • Lyrics
  • LiveLine

On Tour, No. 18, Vancouver [Poem]

4/26/2021

0 Comments

 
Today was sunburnt skin
A man balanced rocks by the seashore in impossible poses
and she dropped a dollar in his tin
We wandered barefoot on the concrete walls above sunbathers
and basked in the newness of British Columbia air
listening to foreign tongues stilt and slip away from us on every side,
wafting in on silent breezes and out again
We gathered fresh fruit in a farmer's market
blueberries and raspberries, melons and peaches
and filled our bellies by the light of the setting sun on the grass by the bay
we watched the boats weigh anchor
and yachts of partygoers motor to and fro
until our limbs prickled with cold
forcing us to run back to the van to keep warm
Writing by candlelight
we made poetry of our night on the north shore
where the waters sparkled like fireworks with the city lights
and we watched the moon hang low and full on the horizon
the harvest moon
lulled us to sleep
From the book "Being" by Amber Jade
Copyright 2000 Amber Jade
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Amber Jade

    Amber Jade - Clicking my heels and irreverently tripping the light fantastic all the way to nirvana, with a 50lb bag of cheese puffs in tow.

    Archives

    April 2021
    April 2020
    March 2020
    January 2020
    November 2019
    June 2019
    April 2018
    January 2018
    September 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    July 2015
    May 2015
    January 2012
    May 2011
    February 2011
    December 2010

    Categories

    All
    Music
    Poetry
    Stories

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Listen
  • Learn
  • Look
  • Link
  • Lyrics
  • LiveLine