WELCOME TO HALFWAY THROUGH THE
A TO Z CHALLENGE 2015:
AGAIN I WILL CONTINUE MY THEME OF
CHOOSING A SONG TITLE THEN
WRITE MY OWN POEM:
M is for MACARTHUR PARK:
RECORDED BY RICHARD HARRIS:
A few years ago I visited LA,
My, it was a wonderful time.
I met up with Arlee Bird whilst there (above)
A great man and oh so very kind.
We went on the subway,
Destination Hollywood.
It was a beautiful day,
Me? feeling oh so good.
Twas there we passed MacArthur Park,
The same one I've heard in the song.
I always though it was a ficticious park,
How stupid of me to be wrong.
You see I could never fully understand
The meaning of the words.
Funnily enough I liked the song.
It was really quite absurd.
We had a great day with Arlee,
Memories that will forever remain
I'd love to visit MacArthur Park
If only to leave a cake out in the rain.
Copyright Yvonne Lewis.
How sweet you met Arlee and saw MacArthur park in the same day.
ReplyDeleteThank you Diane for your comment and visit. I do appreciate your support.
DeleteYvonne.
Was it a Saturday? Then you'd also cover Saturday in the Park.
ReplyDeleteNo Alex it was a Thursday.
DeleteI'd love to meet Arlee, lucky you!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your poem.
The cake looks messy!!
Hi Dixie, thanks for coming by,
DeleteYvonne.
I remember when you first met Lee! He really made your trip special!
ReplyDeleteJulie
Hi Julie, when you met someone who you only know through the net it do make a lasting impression on one. It was a lovely day and he is a very kind and caring person.
DeleteThanks for comment.
Yvonne.
Great pic with Lee! Its great to meet people from the blogging community face to face.
ReplyDeleteStephen Tremp
A to Z Cohost
M is for Movies
I wholeheartedly agree Stephen.
DeleteYvonne.
You met Arlee? How neat! Nice picture of the two of you. :)
ReplyDeleteYes he is a great man and very kind, had a good day.
DeleteThanks for the visit,
I heard this song on my way to work. I too have been to MacArthur Park...and your poem was great. Thanks for the birthday wishes...
ReplyDeleteAgain Happy Birthday, thanks for the comment and visit,
DeleteYou met up with Arlee? Lucky! :)
ReplyDeleteYes David met yp with Arlee.
DeleteThanks for the visit.
What a sweet meeting! I think that's one of the best things to have happen after being in touch via the internet for years.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the reminder about Richard Harris. That was a while ago, wasn't it?
Yes it is nice to meet up with someone you only know by the Internet,, Had a great day.
DeleteThanks for the comment and visit.
Yvonne.
Sounds like a great time indeed and always fun to meet another blogger
ReplyDeleteYes Pat it was nice to meet another blogger,
DeleteThanks for the comment and visit.
Yvonne.
I've been to Hollywood but not MacArthur Park. Sounds like you had a wonderful time. Love your poem too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Beverly for your comment, Yes I had a great day, Lovely to meet someone you only know by blogging.
DeleteYvonne.
Sorry I am late on this one, I am moving. What a mess everything is. I love the song. It was written by a guy whose girlfriend broke up with him. The inspiration for the song was his relationship and breakup with Susie Horton.
ReplyDeleteIn an interview with Newsday magazine in October 2014, Webb explained:
Everything in the song was visible. There's nothing in it that's fabricated. The old men playing checkers by the trees, the cake that was left out in the rain, all of the things that are talked about in the song are things I actually saw. And so it's a kind of musical collage of this whole love affair that kind of went down in MacArthur Park. ... Back then, I was kind of like an emotional machine, like whatever was going on inside me would bubble out of the piano and onto paper.
Thank you Gregg for the history of the song, now perhaps I will understand it next time I hear it.
ReplyDeleteAlso thanks for taking the trouble to visit me again.
Yvonne.
Thank you for a great tribute. And with a song that's always been one of my favorites! I have the Richard Harris CD A Tramp Shining. It's really a wonderful collection of tunes. The first copy I owned was a now long gone 8 track cartridge tape.
ReplyDeleteArlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Wrote By Rote
Thanks Lee I am pleased you enjoyed the post.
DeleteThanks for coming by.
Yvonne.
That's SO cool!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great memory to have!
Heather M. Gardner
Co-host: Blogging from A to Z April Challenge
Blog: The Waiting is the Hardest Part [http://hmgardner.blogspot.com/]
It was a great day Heather, to think Lee took the trouble to give me a lovely unforgetable day.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit.
Yvonne.