Monday, May 25, 2020

... word from the East Village



... word from the East Village

you asked me how things are.
I now live in a quiet, even for
a ghost town, streets walked
by the masked, all keep their
distance.

There are still the noise makers
and air breathers, mask sneerers.
There are no readings to attend,
books to buy, the Libraries
now empty rooms.

Yet the parks oasis upon oasis.
Still to enjoy the great Elms, the
summer bird migration and that
chance of catching a darling bird
with a shutters click.

Then home to walk my hallways,
read my own books, then sit before
this one eyed God, who lets me
share with ones too far away.


peter radley



Photos by peter radley

2 comments:

Miss Rogers said...

Word to the East Village (from Queens)...we will endure, and somehow we will return, sneering masks and perhaps a few grateful smiles.

Unknown said...

Beautiful prose/poem ☆ thanks Peter