Meet on the Ledge. Fairport Convention
I am ten weeks into this blog. At the beginning I didn’t have a strong idea of how the blog
would turn out just a commitment to writing a new poem every week for the next 70 weeks. Looking back over the poems, I realise what I am writing is a sort of poetic autobiography. The music element has anchored the poems to certain events from my past and brought back memories I believed buried.
I have also been amazed at the global reach of the blog. I have had views from the US, France, Holland, Japan, New Zealand and even Saudi Arabia. I also had a very encouraging email from someone in Australia. Thank you to you all. Please feel free to email me with any comments or observations, they are all appreciated.
This week’s track is Fairport Convention’s “Meet on the ledge”. There is much of my life that has faded and is either lost or at best vague but some memories are so visceral that they will probably remain with me forever. The day my Mother passed away is one of those times. She had suffered for many years from Motor Neurone Disease and although her death was extremely sad for her family and friends it was a great release for her.
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The day we became orphans
We stood bereft in the hospice
Saying goodbye to you
You had been fading for years
From sharp daybreak contrast
Into a dim moonlit shadow
Over a decade later
My memories have not faded
Occasions, I pleased you
Times, I disappointed
Days, I made you proud
You still remind me
To make the best of myself
That opportunities are for taking
That just being takes courage
That you can cast a long shadow
© Jeff Price May 2017
© Jeff Price May 2017©
