Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Friday, November 21, 2025

FRIDAY WRITINGS # 204....THE MOST EXPENSIVE GARMENT

 CINQUAIN

" The most expensive garment you'll ever own is your own flesh" Jean Luc Godard

oh dear
done it again
he's got under my skin
falling in love at this age so
silly

there are 
loads of warnings
not to do this  again
especially at this age so
foolish

11 comments:

  1. I love this duet! Both so accomplished, and so appreciative of each other – and a great song in the first place. Your poem adds a wry and rueful take on it, very relatable!

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  2. I enjoyed your poem "Oh dear done it again"

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  3. I really like your poem. Warm greetings from Montreal, Canada ❤️ 😊 🇨🇦

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  4. Nice CINQUAIN, Rall. My MIL's sayings after she lost her second husband, "I've lost two mates, I can't afford to bury another."

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  5. A happy note to carry us through your words - Jae

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  6. Great duet and also the poem going with it.

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  7. Life is truly like jazz—unpredictable, improvised, and most beautiful when we allow ourselves to feel limitless. and we can repeat it again and again and ...

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  8. One is never to old for love, foolish or not. LOL, at least I think so.

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  9. There are no age limits on love. Or foolishness.

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  10. LOVE LOVE you shared this video!! I loved them dueting together. AND to go with it perfect poetry!! PS, never too old for love.

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  11. Love can always stroll by and surprise. you.

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