Or Happier At Least

I was happy,
TV nightly,
As a family,
Simple pleasures,
‘Any Umbrellas?’
Family holidays,
I was happy,
Perhaps the world was happy,
Or happier at least.

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - polished draft

About the Author

Country/Region: London Metropolitan Area.

Favorite Poets: William Shakespeare, John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oscar Wilde, John Berryman.

Comments

Carl Halling

4 years 9 months ago

Hi Teddy...it's always good to hear from you cos...

I like your responses to my verse a lot. I was in a world of my own too. I'm glad you like it, I am trying to whittle my verses down to the best ones, and will sideline not a few. But might keep this little vignette. Carl.

Carl Halling

4 years 9 months ago

Yes, I have...

There is a file for them, but they will not be part of the 'first team' as it were, and yes it is possible to spruce up your old writings. Bye for now. Carl.

scribbler

4 years 9 months ago

Hi

This seems to me like the beginning of a poem lol. Leaves me wondering what changed to make the past seem so much better. Perhaps that was your intent?

Carl Halling

4 years 9 months ago

Hi Scribbler

I see what you mean, it is a bit sparse, and I am thinking it might be better to either build on it, or sideline it. What changed? I guess I was looking back at the unity of family life when I was younger, and the carefree nature of those days. Carl.