When I saw this week’s #writephoto prompt from Sue Vincent, I immediately thought of a poem I wrote long ago, of which I doubt if any copies remain.
So I decided to make an attempt to recreate the poem from memory, and that effort is the poem which follows.
Down Home Christmas
Black bird perched on colored lights
Strung from the courthouse
Smalltown sights
Outside the five and dime
There’s a man at the payphone wants to talk to God
He just can’t find the change
It’s a down home Christmas
The little church is white
The shadow of its cross
Gray on the gritty
Sidewalk snow
Word Florilegium 
That conjures a very realistic scene in the mind.
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love this! This line is killer “There’s a man at the payphone wants to talk to God
He just can’t find the change”
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What powerful imagery, and some great lines.
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I can really see this… Christmas can be so different for people.. Reminds me of the Japanese Windphone…. https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/01/otsuchi-wind-phone-japanese-mourners/512681/
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kaykuala
There’s a man at the payphone wants to talk to God
He just can’t find the change”
It is a pity that one can be disadvantaged at such a critical moment. It is always the case in emergencies! It is a good way to say also that one should not try to do the impossible!
Hank
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A reminder of our differences and our commonalities. Nicely done.
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I like how the shadow of the church’s cross covers the sidewalk.
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Strong imagery of that photo specially the man on the phone!
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I like the idea of the crow on the Christmas lights, cooly disinterested.
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yeah nice
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Powerful message in your words. Excellent poem. Thank you for following BrewNSpew.
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