Alouette, Au Lapin Agile
You like visiting the famed cabaret. visited, as well, by Utrillo, Picasso, and others famed in former days, their paintings hanging there, brushed by Yesterday’s collected dust and smell of cooking grease. What trusting tones from muted talk, what pretty French chansons! What press of crowds and squeezing onto benches hard! And seemingly Picasso revisits, and Hemingway’s seated there—and from songs at the center you recall events told in childhood fables. And you muse on that thief who made off with many of your best memories. Carole Mertz Carole Mertz has poetry and critiques at various literary journals, including Ascent Aspirations, Arc Poetry (online), Conium Review, CutBank, Eclectica, Indiana Voice Journal, Mom Egg Review, Prairie Light Review, Society of Classical Poets, South 85 Journal, World Literature Today, and The Write Place at the Write Time. She enjoys spending as much time out of doors as possible, riding bike, and reading in Italian.
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8/30/2018 04:58:18 pm
Enchanté! You've totally charmed me. I'm ready to hop on a plane to France and meet you there. (Okay, I'm always happy to visit France, but that doesn't detract from how well you captured the allure of being there.)
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Carole Mertz
9/20/2018 09:03:33 am
I'm so glad you liked my poem, Alarie. Thanks for commenting. I'll meet you at the cabaret.
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