Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Coronado Scribes Poetry and Prose Weekly Feature: White Mexican Blouse by R.J.Black

We, the Coronado Scribes, consist of both professional and amateur writers. We have in common a desire to learn, by sharing our efforts and listening to other writers. We hold pressure-less sessions every Wednesday, at the Coronado Library conference room, starting at 1:30. Often we have guests who wish to just listen. They are welcome, and so are you. Each week on eCoronado, we feature a different piece of prose or poetry produced by one of our writers. Please feel free to comment or ask

White Mexican Blouse

By R.J. Black

7/27/2010 – 8/23/2011

Thirty years is a lifetime. That night

we walked through your mother’s

garden to lie down in the grass

beyond the fruit trees, you were

everything I wanted in this world.

Under those drifting grey clouds

and black sky spotted with stars,

your voice was soft and warm

as your touch. You went to Toronto

to finish college. I’m on an island

surfing at sunrise. I never learned

to get ahead like everyone else.

But I don’t regret life. This morning

the water was so perfectly calm, it

blended into the sky, becoming one.

On days like today I often look back

to the shore and sometimes I see you

standing in front of the sun, still

dressed in your faded blue-jeans and

embroidered white Mexican blouse.



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