Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Transplant

At Marina del Rey, CA ~ August 2020

Didn’t bloom where I was planted

Traded blizzards for hills of gold 

Chi-town left me disenchanted 

Didn’t bloom where I was planted

Took those promises for granted 

The sunny sands were oversold

Didn’t bloom where I was planted

Traded blizzards for hills of gold 

~*~

Triolet quadrille (structured 44 words) written for the dVerse Poets prompt of bloom. I never regret my move from Chicago, Illinois to Southern California in 1983, but the grass is definitely always greener in your dreams.


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11 comments:

  1. Rajani RehanaMay 5, 2026 at 6:37 AM

    Beautiful blog

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  2. Infidel753May 5, 2026 at 8:14 AM

    Does anything bloom in Chicago? I've never been there, but the winters sound horrendous.

    There is a saying that the grass is greenest where you water it. I hope the hills of gold are, at least, less disenchanting.

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    1. PaulaMay 5, 2026 at 8:08 PM

      I am content here :)

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    2. Al PenwasserMay 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM

      As far as winters go, I grew up in Connecticut so cold weather holds no horrors for me.

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    3. PaulaMay 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM

      A song for you, Al:
      https://youtu.be/8tiNx27ntq8

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  3. Mary KirklandMay 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM

    I like it. I've only been to Chicago once when I was riding the Greyhound bus.

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    1. PaulaMay 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM

      Winters were brutal!

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    2. Al PenwasserMay 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM

      Changed trains in Chicago on my way to Navy boot camp - 1976.
      Visited Chicago in conjunction with my nephew's graduation from Navy boot camp in 2010.
      Visited Chicago again on my way to Seattle for a niece's wedding (driving cross-country was a bucket list item) in 2021.
      Changed planes in Chicago after traveling from Seattle to Norfolk after my niece's wedding in 2021. NOTE: No WAY was I going to drive BACK across country!

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  4. Crystal CollierMay 6, 2026 at 7:55 AM

    That's so true! I've been dreaming about other locations but I always pause and have to think about how comfortable our existence here is and what a major trauma it would be to lose our constant sunshine.

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  5. Al PenwasserMay 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM

    Ooh, ooh, let me try!
    Didn't bloom where I was planted.
    Traded Blizzards for Peanut Buster Parfaits (oh, NOT about Dairy Queen?"
    Atlantic City left me penniless.
    Married two promises (fingers crossed on the third).
    The Virginia Beach oceanfront is overrated.
    Didn't bloom where I was planted.
    Traded blizzards for fewer blizzards.

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