Darling, we missed the mulberries again.
I watched the tiny leaves uncurl, the green buds swell,
Savoring, as I do each spring, the hope -- the miracle --
The sweetness set to burst from barren limbs.
Remember our first summer, purple stains on lips, on sheets?
Attempting berry jam, laughing when it spilled,
Confident we'd try again next year.
Then next spring came, and you got your promotion,
I buried myself in this project and that.
O darling, we were remodeling the kitchen,
Now fallen fruit lies withered in the grass.
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Sonia Heidi Unruh
I love: my husband and children; all who claim me as family or friend; the first bite of chocolate; the last blue before sunset; solving puzzles; stroking cats; finding myself by writing; losing myself in reading; the Creator who is love.
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
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how this was not in the winning entries, I'll never know. Vocal often gets it wrong, sad really, but what can you do with a vanity platform. At least it wasn't a limerick for $2000...this was my favorite of all I read, Sonia - whatever that's worth.
Oh my goodness, this was remarkably beautiful. 😵 I haven’t read a poem that achieves the objective correlative this perfectly in a long time. Fantastic job with the acrostic prompt; I hope this one places! “Darling, we missed the mulberries again” —immediately hooked, plus, chills at the frankness of the phrasing, and all that it implies or will imply. “Now fallen fruit lies withered in the grass”—objective correlative at its finest. Can’t begin to explain how much I admire this line. 🤯💜
May the birds be blessed with what you have missed & may you find the time to receive this latter blessing of song, sight & flight.
Stunning entry! It almost made me cry - beautiful imagery and a poignant message
Beautiful work, as always💕
This was just lovely. The flow, the word choices, and that last line. I can see the relationship pulled apart by the every day. Great work, Sonia :)
now, this. this is a lovey piece. It requires nothing extra. It flows beautifully, through itself and time, from line to line. Its depth is immediately apparent but never forced. It is a bittersweet pleasure to read, and again.