I had to look up Gerber Daisy, a perfect description. Vinyl Gerber Daisies. I have definitely never heard of an umbrella compare to a gerber daisy. That was just cool. I love that the rain is falling like letters from the book of your dreams and you will never write it because it has already been written. And at the end you see your name and you claim yourself a victor. I am curious if you have shared why you chose that name, Victory Palace? I like your sun image as well (profile pic).
Thank you again for putting on your cultural detective hat! That's what I do as well when I read poetry. Gerber daisies are my favorite flower for some reason and it found its way into that poem. I can't really go into why I chose that name, but let's just say that it's my "poetic" name. And the sun is symbolic for energy, life, radiating light (both literal and spiritual). Thanks so much for appreciating this. Really means a lot.
Loved the reference to the young marine - my family is a MC family. Also, the poem was great, captured the hustle and bustle of a day and the hopefulness at the end.
"I watch the rain (aglow
with radioactivity from
Fukushima?) Mother
Earth’s way of purifying
herself—fall on Tinley
Park like letters from
the book of my dreams
which I’ll never write,
(but which has already
been written in another
dimension), huddled
inside the train station
as this morning’s commuters
scurry with coffee, papers
and umbrellas opened like
vinyl Gerber daisies to get
a jump on another day."
I had to look up Gerber Daisy, a perfect description. Vinyl Gerber Daisies. I have definitely never heard of an umbrella compare to a gerber daisy. That was just cool. I love that the rain is falling like letters from the book of your dreams and you will never write it because it has already been written. And at the end you see your name and you claim yourself a victor. I am curious if you have shared why you chose that name, Victory Palace? I like your sun image as well (profile pic).
Thank you again for putting on your cultural detective hat! That's what I do as well when I read poetry. Gerber daisies are my favorite flower for some reason and it found its way into that poem. I can't really go into why I chose that name, but let's just say that it's my "poetic" name. And the sun is symbolic for energy, life, radiating light (both literal and spiritual). Thanks so much for appreciating this. Really means a lot.
I understand completely. Thank you :)
It’s a sign! ✨
Yes, it was indeed. I live for these signs from the universe. Thanks so much SF for the kind feedback.
Loved the reference to the young marine - my family is a MC family. Also, the poem was great, captured the hustle and bustle of a day and the hopefulness at the end.
HR, thanks so much for the kind feedback.