Writing and Poetry

1850 HITCHING POSTS



Hitching posts line
cobblestone streets.
Awnings - close to brick,
reveals iron floating
near entrances
as proprietors lean
against brick facades.

Roads twist - turn
between blooms
on a dogwood tree.

At Center Street
a wooden box - reads -

"Deposit trash."

A horse, upset. . .
swings a wooden wagon
upside down.

Youths in knickers
run to fetch fruit
bouncing on uneven ground.

A proprietor stares
as the horse - defecates
in front of his property -
knowing summer heat

keeps his front door closed -
until shovels
fill an iron bucket

Clearing his air -
it might be a quiet
day…

Friday, November 26, 2010

A Hero Trails Behind


Flags wave outside
windows... high in
the air - replicas
displayed on brick
facades -

Celebrating victory -
hero's welcomed home.

Men stand at the sideline
wearing top hats - women
adorn fancy dresses

watch uniformed
men march
with a band.

Trailing behind -
a man, alone.
His uniform draped
across his hunched
back.

Crutches made of
hickory wood...
a pant leg pinned,
the left foot drags...

Published in “What Brought You Here?” 2010
by Nancy Duci Denofio
http://nancy.limitededitionspress.com/
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