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I Walked Home from a Bar and Sang this Song

by Elizabeth Shaw

I listen to your voices
in the tremblin of the stars
and the wind were talkin through you
and the leaves were yours
and all around the moon
there was a shinin little town
through the river
we were co....mmin down.

I said meet me by the river -
you said co.... mmin down
I said we're a goin fishin -
you said all a...round;
the moon is smilin pretty
so you layed your blanket down
through the dim
blue
morn.

The rivers mighty changeable -
a woman in her dress
one minute up against you
and the next one o're your head;
ya gotta be amenable
ya gotta hold your breath
in the river ...
or you ...
will drown.

I said meet me by the river -
you said co.... mmin down
I said we're a goin fishin -
you said all a...round;
the moon is smilin pretty
so you layed your blanket down
through the dim
blue
morn.

I listen to your voices
in the tremblin of the stars
and the wind were talkin through you
and the leaves were yours
and all around the moon
there was a shinin little town;
through the river
we were co....mmin down.

01/17/2014

Posted on 01/17/2014
Copyright © 2024 Elizabeth Shaw

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 01/17/14 at 02:50 PM

this is simply beautiful and magical and soulful and musically enthralling and swimming in metaphors of the sort which are life sustaining. I listen to your voices in the tremblin of the stars ---------

Posted by Britt Zimmerman on 01/17/14 at 03:01 PM

LOVE IT!!!!

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 01/17/14 at 04:45 PM

Romantic, sensual, symbolic.

Posted by June Labyzon on 10/22/14 at 12:14 PM

This definitely has a musical ring to it. It doesn't have to be put to someone else's music, because it has music of it's own. I have memories of meeting by the river....love this.

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 07/10/17 at 02:01 AM

Fun read Beth. Glad I finally caught up with it, and congrats on POTD!

Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 07/10/17 at 10:47 AM

Congratulations, Jane on POTD.

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