Frost Park Fountain
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
Sitting illuminated
by the Frost Park Fountain
3-tiered and glittering
Eye wait for my daughter Eliza
to finish her motorcycle course–
I’m in Yarmouth
on the Western Edge of The Province
facing West
with the sun trickling
through a curtain
of man-made rain
Wonderful imagery
Very crisp
Thank you Chagall. Eye just whipped it off yesterday evening and Eye am happy with it. Really appreciate your compliments. My only question was whether to leave the article the in front of Frost Park Fountain.
I think it is more intimate and more informal without the definitive article before it. The article raises the stature of the fountain and implies it is well-known. Neither is more correct. Depends on what you want.
I think “the” provides better parallel construction with “the Western” and “the sun.” Why not also ponder why it’s “a curtain” and not “the curtain.” Why not “the man-made” rain?
Thank you for this Chagall. Eye dont want to have too many “thes”.