The Beats were there and George
knew them all, well, I hear.
The little rag and bone shop of the heart
still beats along the Rue de la Būcherie
where the Seine flows past
the green wooden box o' book vendors
of the Left Bank.
I found a postcard Friday
of that very scene
when I was at Candy's
- Paris postmark -
and thought of you
though we were too late
and sentenced to beat
a path of retreat.
Author notes
see my sketch and poem about Shakespeare & Co., Paris as well as more of my photos of George & the store (2005) http://flickr.com/photos/18056776@N00/725094426
A contest entry
- Beat Generation by GirlAnachronism.
475 points, ended September 29, 2008, 18 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Really enjoyed the historical account of your reading at Shakespeare's and Co. on Flickr. Hope you have more of those crosslinks to discover.
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Beautiful, this was a great contest idea which you fully realized. Great imagery, It really takes the reader there, gonna go follow your link. Best..
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Beautiful!
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Oh, so cool you have walked the same places as them, and you know them well which is shown within your poem!
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The Beats were there - well, you certain drew right in with this beginning and I enjoyed the quote from Yeats. Like that travelling feeling you have shared here.
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i like this. it doesn't "flow" easily but i still really like it. and thanks for the link to your sketch and poem (that piece is great as well). my only critique would be: tell us more about george. who is he exactly? thanks for entering!
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Groovy baby!
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This reads racy and exciting; the pace, the words everything. The link, that make my spine tingle.
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