Tea and Tilleuls Part Two

Coquelicots/poppies near to Niort...

PART ONE CLICK HERE
PREMIERE PARTIE CLIQUEZ ICI

Citroëns and Citrus fruit?
En français we call citrons, oranges et autres pamplemousse
"Agrumes"
or "Héspéridés"

Anyway...
LIMES are "citrons verts"...
And un "Tilleul" is,
Confusingly
A Lime Tree...

Like souvenirs involontaires
A bitten citrus lime can be bitter
(In French we say "amer")

Mogette espère
That you will enjoy these quelques vers
Of poésie embarrassante mais sincère
Of mémoire... involontaire...

Voici
Mogette's Pentecostal journey
 In June Deux-Mille dix-neuf
When travelling to La Haute-Vienne
Via other river-named départements:
 Vendée,  Deux-Sèvres Vienne
 et Charente...

LIMES AND LIME TREES

Mogette La 2CV Coquette
Adore les sorties dominicales
On Les Routes secondaires,
Départementales
Especially la neuf-quatre-huit,
Celle...
Which starts on an Atlantique
Island...
Qui traverse Melle
...Celles Sur Belle...
And terminates

Near Oradour-sur Glâne.

Alors;
Not on a Sunday, but lundi dernier
A French "almost-public-holiday"
...Le dix juin...
Mogette est allée
...avec son proprio
Entre boulot...
 et balade
Between work, pèlerinage and
Promenade...

Where she paused
Between two ronds-points
Recently abandonnés by
Les Gilets Yellow
For a photo
On une borne kilométrique
En plastique
Near to Niort...

To follow the histoire
Of notre little French car
Who can go very far
With just a soupçon
Of essence...

A pause...
To share
The morning air, a cup of tea
A tragic, douloureux
Seventy-fifth, soixante-quinzième
 Anniversary...
And the delicate fragrance: honey
Of
Tilleul
(Prononcé "Tea, Earl?")
Which
In English
Is not
Earl (Grey)
... or even... Tea
But a LIME tree,
You see...

A faux-ami.

Bicoz:
 Le Tilleul in these mauvaise poésie vers...
Produces perfumed flowers
And not

Citrons Verts

PART THREE CLICK HERE
TROISIEME PARTIE CLIQUEZ ICI