Sunday, May 15, 2011

A Boy with a Dog

Image by Fee Easton
My poem entry for One Shoot Sunday 15 May 2011, at One Stop Poetry

Sit down lad
I’ve a wee story to tell
about a boy and a dog
and his heathery lands.

On bright windy days
when the grass would dance
we’d lay amongst the reds, the purples
and all the plants… and then
I’d dream.

I would close my eyes
and look at the sun
its these memories
that I remember the most
those days with my dog….
we’ll… - they were fun.

Anyway, boy - what’s more to say
you see what “they” see… and
it’s not your fault.

But just bear in mind
behind every eye….
there’s another “me”.

A boy with a dream
and a dog.

13 comments:

  1. this is a fab piece...you see through their eyes and its not your fault...nice...and behind every eye...excellent take on the prompt...

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  2. Wow! A superb poem about recalling a childhood memory, and telling it a unique way.
    "But just bear in mind
    behind ever eye….
    there’s another “me”."
    I find this passage in particular very striking because a young boy is probably wondering about the man's vision.

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  3. love it. especially the last verse. loved how you used the voice of the character shown in the photo

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  4. a boy with a dream and a dog...excellent - really excellent piece of writing david

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  5. You reminded me to always look for the boy behind the man.
    This is a very apt response to the photo.

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  6. A boy with a dream and a dog ... Love it!

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  7. Loved reading this. I could hear the voice of that man narrating the story.

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  8. Loved this free-roaming prose style. Great read.

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  9. Great - the subject of the photo looks as though he has lived many lives and you showed this with this memory so simply and uniquely told.

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  10. I love how you took this photo and wrote your poem in the first person from the old man's point of view. Delightful.

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  11. Love the perspective you have chosen. Boyhood stories of adventures untold... Great piece.

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