Soundcloud of "Fifty Years On", my poem from this past summer which commemorates/reflects/recalls my family's move from Western Pennsylvania all the way to the Philadelphia area. While a move of less than 300 miles ( or mile if I use my native dialect), it represented a pivotal change in my life, and essentially a positive one.
I read this on a poetry hangout last night, and it stayed with me.
Oddly enough, my elder brother acclimated culturally more than I did. He does not sound Western Pennsylvanian, for example. His wife is from the Philadelphia area, and they have spent most of their married life there.
As for me, I will say this; after I performed a wedding in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the groom's family (they were from Pittsburgh), told me "We didn't know a thing about you, but when you opened your mouth, we knew exactly where you were from." Do I have to tell yinz any more?
Enjoy the poem! It will likely appear in my second book, whenever that will be!
https://soundcloud.com/arthur-turfa-1/fifty-years-on
I read this on a poetry hangout last night, and it stayed with me.
Oddly enough, my elder brother acclimated culturally more than I did. He does not sound Western Pennsylvanian, for example. His wife is from the Philadelphia area, and they have spent most of their married life there.
As for me, I will say this; after I performed a wedding in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the groom's family (they were from Pittsburgh), told me "We didn't know a thing about you, but when you opened your mouth, we knew exactly where you were from." Do I have to tell yinz any more?
Enjoy the poem! It will likely appear in my second book, whenever that will be!
https://soundcloud.com/arthur-turfa-1/fifty-years-on
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