1406: Everywhere Poems

British ice cream van with a queue of people waiting for their ice cream

An Everywhere Poem: Sunday Afternoon

Mr Whippy
is in the neighbourhood.

Pop Goes the Weasel
echoes from red brick,
through open windows.

Ice cream weather
has returned.

The sun is shining again.

The tune drifts on,
turning corners,
finding gardens,

opening old summers.

By the time
it fades,

the street is sweeter
than before.


Everywhere Poems don’t have a subject. They have a starting point and follow wherever attention leads. It’s — go for a walk and see where you end up.

Some images created with Midjourney. Writing is my own original work.©Misky 2006-2026.

8 responses to “1406: Everywhere Poems”

  1. (Grabbing a fistful of nickels & clattering down the staircase and out the screen door [whack!], getting younger as I race down the street)

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    1. You wouldn’t believe the queue of children waiting for ice cream! And you can hear that van far far away.

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  2. I like this style, M. It’s just write and see where you end up… I do that all the time! 😃

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    1. It’s my favourite way to write, Tom. It’s a bit how my brain functions moment to moment. (grinning)

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    1. Do you also have ice cream vans down there, that blare music box songs as they drive down the street?

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      1. Yep, we do, in the summer. That van is to quick I have never seen it, although I have heard it often. I should use WhatsApp I guess!

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        1. Or have Deliveroo chase them down.

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