Points in time

Today's challenge is to write a poem which 'involves a story or action that unfolds over an appreciable length of time.' A suggestion is made to focus on imagery, sound, emotional content, or all of the above. I love this challenge, so I am going to try and do just that!

My attempt is write about a stroll through my favourite city...Edinburgh in Scotland, of course!

I even pay homage to William Wordsworth's I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (I recently covered this poem with my grade 8 students, so a two-word phrase slipped into my poem. Can you spot it?)

Oh, but to wander

 I long for the manifold days

far beyond the sea

where Curiosities are commoners

and Culture stands on every corner

I miss strolling aimlessly

past History,

sometimes stopping to scrutinise her,

ever wondering what secrets she keeps

I ever wish to stop,
to gaze – and gaze –

 upon the daffodils,

to sip on forbidden sunshine

with the damp green grass 

beneath bare feet

I yearn to turn towards home

as the rain spits on my boots

and in my face;

to perch on the window sill

as I listen to the afternoon gulls,

close my eyes

and breathe the air of Serenity