Faded Chevrolet

Chrome still shining
luster long gone
hood clamp operational
its necessity vanished
blue paint visible
originality shows through
attempted rust removal
abandoned without cause
resting at peace
in a sunlit field
proud of its heritage
faded Chevrolet truck

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Photo credit: Glenn A Buttkus from his SOUTH SOUND MINIMALIST PHOTOS group, posted on Dec 30, 2020.

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Linked to dVerse Poets Pub — Poetics: Exploring the Realm of Minimalist Photography, where Sanaa has asked to select one of the twelve minimalist photographs by Glenn Buttkus shared above and write a poem. It can be an Ekphrastic poem, if you like. Go philosophical. Go dark or romantic or solemn. Share what you feel about Minimalist photography when you see it.

20 thoughts on “Faded Chevrolet”

  1. Beautiful! I love the sensitivity with which this poem is penned, Ron! Too often they are abandoned without cause .. it’s a shame .. really. Just imagine owning this beauty in today’s time! Thank you so much for writing to the prompt 💝💝

  2. Love the ending here, it gives it its full cycle of life:

    “resting at peace
    in a sunlit field
    proud of its heritage
    faded Chevrolet truck”

    1. Thanks. The ending in my first draft was “see the USA, in your Chevrolet”, but then thought an advertising jingle might seem a little too corny/contrived.

  3. You married pride with sadness, love with abandonment. I, too, love vintage cars; one of the reasons I embraced minimalist photography. thanks for participating.

  4. The rust, like wrinkles on humans. Just lovely when given the admiration that it (rust/wrinkles) deserve. And to admire it’s place in the sun– aww, lovely! Thanks for sharing, Ron.

  5. Originality shines through your poem too, Ron! You show us so well, i don’t believe telling us in the final line is necessary…my humble opinion.

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