steinbeck's jacket

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the mingo
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steinbeck's jacket

Post by the mingo » May 1st, 2011, 1:49 pm

steinbeck's jacket

john steinbeck
wearing an inexpensive
but cool
herringbone jacket
enters a room in 1933 where
a woman is singing in wonder
of where she might be bound
accompanied by banjos & dobros
she certainly has never dreamed
of living on a ranch in argentina
or cooking for the men who
run the cattle there
men who have never wondered
about john steinbeck or
the jackets he wore or
how children disappear into adults
or if that disappearance
is ever true
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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Re: steinbeck's jacket

Post by dadio » May 1st, 2011, 2:45 pm

One heck of a fine poem; enjoyed. 8)

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Re: steinbeck's jacket

Post by saw » May 2nd, 2011, 8:48 am

herringbone will always be cool in my mind.....nicely weaved, like the jacket itself
If you do not change your direction
you may end up where you are heading

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Re: steinbeck's jacket

Post by judih » May 2nd, 2011, 1:02 pm

yes, yes, a herringbone heck of a fine poem
something quick and fine about this

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Re: steinbeck's jacket

Post by the mingo » May 3rd, 2011, 6:06 am

thx juduh 8)
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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Re: steinbeck's jacket

Post by mnaz » May 3rd, 2011, 3:51 pm

yass.

(i'd like to think they never disappear completely...)

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Re: steinbeck's jacket

Post by the mingo » May 4th, 2011, 1:27 am

thx saw & mnaz. 8)
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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