Celebration Corks at Finton's
Landing B & B
Beneath the parlor
window
on
the pine floor, a box sits
brimming
with its cache
of
jubilation—each cork marked
with
a date. Reunions, graduations,
anniversaries,
birthdays—tangible
long
after the misty pop
and
delicate fizz of champagne
on
the tongue has gone.
So buoyant, I feel
them rise
to
follow as I cross the porch
to
walk the steep path
that
leads to the edge of the lake
where
memories linger, thick and fragrant
as the grapes of the surrounding hills.
By Kathe L. Palka
Included in
Faith to See and Other Poems,
Finishing Line Press 2007 