Pages Once Read
15 Aug, 2017 | What's happening in my writing life
© Corinne Fenton
Memories and echoes
pearls and lace
wooden tables – stories to tell
blue velvet cushions
a feather boa, floating . . .
and books, pages once turned.
Handbags and gloves
purses and petticoats
a special dress
worn on a once-in-a-lifetime day
when bells rang . . .
and books, pages once read.
Biscuit tins, pots and pans and dainty silver spoons,
all kinds of kitchen things
used in rooms where food was cooked
and loved and shared
and afterwards, by a lamp, or open fire . . .
books, words and pages,
devoured.
Dresses and skirts
pants and shirts
and overalls, worn
in a time when a house was built by hand,
did it stand the test of time?
like the books which stood tall.
Flowers and music
rows of treble clefs
and key signatures, notes dancing,
which sat by the guitar,
the piano
the violin
which accompanied the music books,
pages once played.
Memories and echoes
all about us
lighting our way
while we remembered and reminisced
on times gone by
and the books we once, and still, cherish.
