Poem: Village Mayor

Poem created in response to Poetic Bloomings’ “An Entertaining Summer” Poem-A-Day event

Day 28, July 28th

Prompt: Village in Late Summer

(form:  a sextet of shadormas)

Village Mayor

Our village

is really one street;

not much more

than a block

that dead-ends with a walk-thru

to a walking trail.

The Mayor,

an original

resident

of the street,

knows everyone, young and old;

shares the history

and the news

and the scuttlebutt

about buying

and selling,

the living and the dying,

arranges flowers,

helps walk dogs,

unblocks city drains,

and warns you

to secure

your potential projectiles

when a storm’s coming.

An artist,

she watercolors

local scenes

and wildlife,

turns them into Christmas Cards

she gives out each year

in exchange

for nothing other

than living

on her street,

for living in her village,

for being neighbors.

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