New York 1922
It was the noon hour, the time for protection.
I was wearing my favourite apricot
cloche hat, everything seemed just perfect;
it was all about the light. The light and
the moment the light shone upon were both
golden, so all about me was glamour,
jewel-like, atmospheric, their colours
matching my Parisien hat and my mood.
I did not know that my image was being
captured; I would have protested but to
be painted thus did thrill and move me in
an equal measure. On that day in New
York in 1922, when he and
I took tea together, we became as
one, isolated in our togetherness.
The crowd receded and time paused for me,
so that in its stillness I could no longer
fear my past or worry for my future.
I knew somehow, from that golden day on,
there was only ever going to be the now.
Cait O’Connor
This week's Magpie Tale. See more here.
The fine painting is by Edward Hopper.
21 comments:
I like that Point of View... and to be captured in a painting.. how good to have that hat.. there is a very nice nostalgia in your words
Here's to the everlasting 'now'. :-)
Was she afraid of having her image captured because their meeting was illicit? Mystery!
Ahh, and how did the artist discern those thoughts and sensations of the lady in the cloche hat. Perhaps through luck, perhaps the artist was oblivious to anything but the composition of the scene, the light, the beauty of the hat?
Cait, your poem is a good one, and has got my own mind wandering. xo
Caught in the moment through the hands of time..interesting take on the prompt.
How nice to think around great memories. Beautiful write Cait!
Hank
Nicely done.
You captured that golden moment just perfectly...
this is such a beautiful, atmospheric piece...almost as if i were gazing upon the subject with my own camera!
lovely!
stacy lynn mar
http://warningthestars.blogspot.com/
A wonderful poem! So I see it too!
Thusly is The Chymical Wedding effected .... Excellent news
You have captured the moment perfectly:))
Revel in the moment, for that's all any of us really has.
how well you've captured that moment and given a new slant to the picture, a painting of incursion into that isolated togetherness, and yet a thrill of sharing it. It also has a great flow throughout, and "it was all about the light" is a great line. nice!
I like on take on the prompt, especially her decision to ever after live in the now.
Enchanted by the light. Well done.
It is exquisite, Cait, really is!
A delightful interpretation of the scene.
It almost makes me want to be there.
Wow. How well this encapsulates the division feeling between awareness of the moment and that moment captured forever, like bees in amber. Very nice. And thank you for your kind comment on my writing blog.
Beautiful POV. :-)
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