Monday, March 31, 2025

Drifting Away by Terry Allen

Adria Masi


Drifting Away

they stand at the top of the hill

in each other’s arms

 

under the quarter moon

dimmed by falling snow

 

silhouetted by one

haloed streetlamp

 

winter has been busy

the street is banked and white

 

a gust of wind picks up

and fresh flakes swirl about them

 

years pass

the couple marries

 

memories fade
he visits her now

 

in a home that’s not theirs

where her mind sometimes drifts

 

to a winter night 

when the Lady of Time

 

brought the purest

white flying carpet 

 

that took them for a ride

into their prosaic lives

© Terry Allen

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Terry Allen

Terry Allen is an Emeritus Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he taught acting, directing, and playwriting. He directed well over a hundred plays during his thirty-eight years of teaching. A few favorites include: Candide, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and The Threepenny Opera. He is the author of five poetry collections: Monsters in the Rain, Art Work, Waiting on the Last Train, Rubber Time, and Preserving the Past for the Present.

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