A nice poem by Jacques Prévert which is worth reading at the moment..

[NormanH]

http://rers.asso-seyssinet-pariset.fr/2020/11/un-beau-poeme-de-jacques-prevert/

[nomoss]

I'll read it later [:D]

[idun]

How appropriate for these times, because it feels more relevant than ever[:)]

And thanks for you looking at that site, an area I know well, as I have good friends who live in Seyssinet Pariset, brought back some wonderful memories.

[Le martin-pêcheur]

Ha!, took me a minute to get your answer nomoss........I was going to reply tomorrow, but ;-)

[Gardengirl]

Very many thanks for that poem, Norman - it really is so relevant today.

It made me dwell on how fast life is passing us by as some of us who are older, maybe vulnerable people do what we’re told and stay in sitting on our sofas.

I was watching elderly people having their vaccinations on tv earlier. Some of them hadn’t been outside their homes at all since March - 10 whole months.

They were delighted to be having their vaccinations, had dressed up in best clothes specially for the outing, bless them. They were full of praise for the kindness and efficiency of the people who had looked after them and those who vaccinated them

How life must feel to be moving so very slowly to them, sitting on their sofas, yet the minutes are ticking by so very quickly.

[mint]

I LOVE the poem.  I wonder that I haven't come across it until now because both my first and second French teachers here in France were Prévert fans and I have read and studied many of his poems.  Maybe they thought oh we'll teach the class that one après ...... well, après whatever it was they were thinking!