old old house with a name

[laleesh]

rosedown lows down a well trod lane

caped in a crepe of acacia
and myrtle

plantasia - antebellum style

crouched
at the end of what seems like a mile
of rheumatic old oak

gnarly arched and choked in moss,

history piled
two stories high

embossed on precious vellum.





:)
laleesh

[Mac]

enjoyed the stroll my friend.

[Norman Anderson]

Enjoyed

[laleesh]

thanks, mac and norman. can you believe i crossed the mighty mississippi river mere miles from where it empities out into the gulf of mexico on a little old ferry to see this plantation home? my six year old grandson kept calling the ferry a submarine!!! needless to say, i took the long way back - by interstate!

i've been to see the house many times back in the day. it had always looked so stately and majestic. this time it seems to have showed its age. it seemed dull, and crouched, slumped. i think it's because the state has sealed off all the rooms behind glass, separated them from life. it is basically a curio cabinet now.

[ascension]

ummm, sweet metaphors - absolutely divine.

[e-piph[lol]]

laleesh:)

the lilt of your rhyme - the timing of your moves - brings this poem in from a refined and playful space; sweetly lit with the mystery of it all.....

enjoyed
:)

[Poeticpiers]

Disconnected from the world it slowly asphyxiates laleesh

[laleesh]

ascension, epi and piers, :), i'm so glad this poem got some readage and commentary. it's kind of special to me and "homage" to the old house as it was and is now.

it was a "star" back in the day, you know? scenes from the movie "hush, hush sweet charlotte", an old betty davis movie, were shot in the house. :)

an aging old movie star.




:)
laleesh

[e-piph[lol]]

definitely special, laleesh .. a beauty write!

[Meta]

I don't read enough of you laleesh... good to see you!