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Division

by tusker 

Posted: 08 July 2010
Word Count: 37
Summary: For Kirsty's challenge.
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It shields
elegant houses
that celebrate seascapes.
While snobbery
battles
with smaller cousins
who mutter
against
the elite.

All walk
over a footbridge
where Dior mingles
with Charlie.
Kashmir coats
oppose
Tai Wan denim
bought in
Peacock’s.











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V`yonne at 15:55 on 08 July 2010  Report this post
That's a good description of the great divide, Jennifer!! Particularly liked:
where Dior mingles
with Charlie.
Read the WriteWords interview with Oonah Joslin (V`yonne)
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tusker at 16:01 on 08 July 2010  Report this post
Thanks Oonah.

A memory from when the railway line seemed to split our town into the have's and have nots.

Jennifer
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FelixBenson at 16:12 on 08 July 2010  Report this post
Hi Jennifer

Yes, you have captured something very recognisable to me here - and just a narrow footbridge between...isn't it often the way! Very evocative.

I especially liked:

elegant houses
that celebrate seascapes


Nicely done!

Kirsty
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tusker at 18:13 on 08 July 2010  Report this post
Thanks Kirsty.

That visual divide has gone but still remains and invisible divider.

Jennifer
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Nella at 12:05 on 09 July 2010  Report this post
Excellent, Jennifer!
Loved those lines Kirsty mentions, too.
robin
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tusker at 07:25 on 10 July 2010  Report this post
Thanks Robin.

Jennifer
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Findy at 08:13 on 10 July 2010  Report this post
Hi Jennifer

I liked that about the footbridge...couldn't really understand the first para though - got the gist of the poem, your comments helped.

Nice

findy
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tusker at 11:27 on 10 July 2010  Report this post
Thanks Findy.

Glad you got to understand it.

Amazing how a small town can have an invisible barrier that divides people.

What hope for the rest of the world?

Jennifer
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