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The First Time
by Chris Sorrenti
The first time I saw you
A warm mid spring day
Like today
Forty-three years ago
I was riding my bike
Down the main street of our neighborhood
You walking towards me
The late afternoon sun
Shining down on both of us
As the distance between diminished
You came clearer into view
A tall young woman of fair complexion
And you were smiling
Not so much at me
But as if in a state of contentment
Perhaps the perm
How pretty it made you look
Like an angel
Your glowing face framed between
Ringlets of long brown hair
And as I passed thought
Hmmm
Someone I should meet
Get to know better
© 2015
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05/08/2015 Author's Note: The opening poem to the collection, Star Love.
Posted on 05/08/2015
Copyright © 2024 Chris Sorrenti
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 05/09/15 at 03:56 PM Your phrases allow me to imagine future meetings, possibilities, combinations - a nice writing technique. "The late afternoon sun
Shining down on both of us" - neat way of bringing you together in this scene. Best of all, this piece leaves me curious. Thanks, Chris. |
| Posted by Sam Roberts on 05/10/15 at 11:39 AM Yes, the forces of nature that bring two people together! You have captured this beautifully, and simply. I have just written a juxtaposition of this same poem, which is interesting. How the forces of nature can also separate two people.
Lovely job S x |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 05/11/15 at 10:44 PM A classic 'what if' commentary--what if I consider all possible shades of ambiguity in the title? I might be some time... |
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