Returning From Leave Poem by Donal Mahoney

Returning From Leave



The rain is very thorough.
Going where I have to go
this summer afternoon

I march west beneath
my own umbrella while
you beneath a floppy hat

dash marvelously east.
Why I wear this uniform
explains why I ignore

the perfume
traipsing in your wake,
the ribbons dancing

in your hair, as I
beneath my own umbrella
keep on marching west.

Saturday, August 1, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: army,navy
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Eugene Levich 01 August 2015

Oh! I didn't see the title! In the Marines we weren't permitted to carry umbrellas in uniform.

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Eugene Levich 01 August 2015

A very interesting and evocative poem! But the line with uniform in it is confusing- what uniform?

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