Name: The Fruit Bowl
Duration: P00H03M56S
Description: The memory of two people I met briefly and how that prevails through an object one of them carved. The picture is taken of the foothills of Granada possibly near where they met their fate.

The Fruit Bowl

from The Tales Of Grimmer Pardon by Paul Gerard Dalton

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The memory of two people I met briefly and how that prevails through an object one of them carved. The picture is taken of the foothills of Granada possibly near where they met their fate.

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Richard was a handsome youth
He rode a motorbike
he learned to use a turner's lathe
carved wood the way you'd like

Jane was Richard's pillion pard
Her legs were long and lithe
Her hair was short and fiery red
the way she lived her life

Like a lovely woman's smile
can turn a young man's head
Rick turned this wooden fruit bowl
It's English cherry red

smooth and deep and carved with love
a rare phenomenon
grain like waves on a sandy beach
and the smell of cinnamon

With Jane's arms around his waist
they rode the country lanes
I met them down in Devon once
drank beer and played some games

Rick showed me his wood carvings
a mare with a new born foal
a dancer playing castanets
this cherry wood fruit bowl

I bought the bowl from Richard
and gave to my love
She held it like a chalice
handed from above.

Smooth and deep and turned with love etc

My love took the wooden bowl
went out to pick berries
She filled it up with ripened fruit
apples, pears and cherries

Later on a friend told me
the news of Rick and Jane
They died in a motorcycle crash
somewhere in southern Spain

But I still have Richard's bowl
it contains their memory
I sense them through the scented grain
lovely English cherry

smooth and deep and turned with love etc

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from The Tales Of Grimmer Pardon, released January 1, 2023

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Paul Gerard Dalton London, UK

Singer songwriter, poet, lyricist, anecdotalist, with Irish, Scots and north of England roots. Lives in west London. Recent published poetry 2024, Fielding Memories: Poems and Other Recalls.

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