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Trillium
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0 posted 2001-05-03 01:58 AM


While driving past a farm today,
Old memories began to play
Like sliding pictures in my mind
And looking back, I quickly find
The place where I spent childhood days.
The farmhouse rises through a haze
Of years departed and time past,
Until it stands revealed at last,
Just as it was when I was young,
Before the siren song was sung
That lured my family away
And sometimes in my prayers, I pray,
That I will see it just once more.
Though it won't be quite as before,
I hope the meadows green and fair,
Still nurture horse and cattle there.
That someone plows and plants the fields
And watches while each acre yields,
The bounty of a fruitful stead,
Where men and beast are richly fed!


Betty Lou Hebert

Published on The Poetic Link, June 2000

[This message has been edited by Trillium (edited 05-03-2001).]

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2dalimit
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1 posted 2001-05-03 06:30 AM


Thank you. Your poem lets me remember days gone by. Time marches on and changes the present settings, but not our memory.
Melton

Joyce Johnson
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2 posted 2001-05-03 10:30 AM


This is a wonderful poem of things that used to be.  Love, Joyce
Trillium
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3 posted 2001-05-03 06:07 PM


2dalimit and Joyce:  Thank you both for commenting.  Glad you enjoyed it.

Betty Lou Hebert

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