Document 1482
Culzean Memories
Author(s): Rowena M Love
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suddenly
scent of wild garlic seasons my stroll,
stirring the pot of memories.
Images boil into focus,
bigger, clearer, bigger, clearer
so real you’re there then
POP!
they’re gone,
replaced by other bubbles:
the castle, liquorice cannons standing out
against the sherbet coloured stone;
POP!
crenellated walls crusting the fountain-filled pie
of sunken gardens;
POP!
mallards unzipping Swan Pond,
enamel-bright against its pewter sheen;
POP!
spaniels playing at the edge,
shredding water to scraps of sunlight;
POP!
finding campfires of wild strawberries,
their embers as warm and sweet in memory
as they were that day;
POP!
Where aaaaa-re you? Co-ming ready-or-not!
Hide and seek through trees
sun-spattered to a Pollock painting;
POP!
A whiff of garlic:
a feast of memories.
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