Cynnie! Oh how I've missed your works!! This particular poem captured my attention namely due to it's title. How romantic and anything which includes a country's name seems really attractive to me.
"Along railroads, I can hear the wind
plucking songs from cities and skies;
I can feel its fickleness like a summer
dress fluttering at my ankles, and I can
smell pastures tucking into my pockets
like a sleek carrier of souvenirs."
I loved your opening. Your description seemingly simple yet one could see that thought had been put into it. I love love it so much, and I could actually see myself looking at the scene you've described.
"cinematic embrace"
Loved this phrase, aptly described and paints a wonderful picture in the reader's mind.
"We'd be locked in a picture-perfect pose
of sepia; raindrops tripping over
the canopy, but here we are, steady,
two shadows beneath street lamps. "
Loved the ending scene as well :D How gorgeous, if Taylor Swift used your poems in her lyrics, her sales would hit the roof and explode beyond it ;)