Kodachrome Love
I have a penchant
for sweetness
Sliding between
tongue and gum
The cool kind
Not too intrusive
Carrying the fruit
of some berry or another
Which slips toward
me slowly
In celluloid dreams
of my childhood
In sepia tints
Dotted with the bright reds of summer fruit
Dripping down chin
With the faded
blue of skies
Forgotten
In the clean slide
of Kodachrome
The fading sepia
Fails to show the
whiteness of my toddler hair
Or the shining
black curls
Of my father’s
head
As he holds me in
his lap
And I turn adoring
eyes in his direction
Smearing a bright
red dot
On his snappy new
shirt I suspect
The tint softens
the memories
And sets them.
Love, a bloom
Of red promises.
copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2012
posted for dVerse
oh, this is beautiful, and poignant, and rich in imagery. i love it.
ReplyDeletewhat wonderful details you have shared here, audrey. very sweet poem.
ReplyDeletepoignant and rich indeed! I particularly liked, "In celluloid dreams of my childhood". Was nice to see this up on dVerse, Audrey! :)
ReplyDeletewow...love hte bit on the things the sepia does not capture...the vivid details that only memory can bring...being there in that moment...beautiful reminisce audrey...happy new year to you
ReplyDeleteA lovely childhood memory ~ thanks for sharing Audrey and
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you ~
wow...your imagery is so lush and uplifting..love the aura of this.... the resonance. truly poetic.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you~
this is soooo lovely, Audrey!
ReplyDeletehoping 2013 brings you all you need and at least some of what you want!
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Love the imagery, Audrey! Just beautiful. Happy new year.
ReplyDeletevivid, vivid memory of a particular moment - & the language so rich it placed me there
ReplyDeleteLovely, nostalgic... Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteYou have captured nostalgia perfectly...love the way you did this. Happy New Year to you Audrey!
ReplyDeleteAh. Such a poignant poem - I love the way the colors fade and strengthen - some so vivid, some stained - really interesting how memory works and how evocative things like taste are. The fruits stay with us! Very lovely. k.
ReplyDeleteHow true!! The edges of memory soften and blur and if we are lucky, only the love and goodness remains. Loved this poem!
ReplyDeletei want some berries now...smiles..this is beautiful...love the Kodachrome and the memories and the inclusion of taste...very cool
ReplyDeleteEvocative and very well observed. Loved it.
ReplyDeletesuch great memories and well described in all their gum chewing loveliness!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, rose colors whether in glasses, in a smear of childhood berry juice, or in the sweetness of a sugar drop slimming and sliding in her mouth. A lovely layered piece!
ReplyDeleteA very pleasing representation of captured memory. I like the payoff of the final stanza.
ReplyDeleteSweet images of childhood past...whether Kodachrome or just imprints stored in our memory, still lovely to behold.
ReplyDeleteNice piece.