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Open Poetry #28

Book of Loving Memories

Bonnie j
Senior Member

since 2003-06-27

Posts 1588
Ohio

0 posted 2003-08-08 02:34 PM

Book of Loving Memories

As I sit upon the porch
swing and watch darkness ascend,
I sit and listen to the gentle rain.
The rain reminds me of bacon
frying in the big old cast iron skillet
my mother used for so many tasty
delights,
the pineapple- upside- down cake,
cornbread, pork chops
crisp and tender.

As I continue to sit
upon the porch swing the smell in
the air is fresh and clean,
with a light delicate fragrance
of perfume from the rose,
or the magnolia blossom,
or maybe from the freshly mown grass
on the front lawn.

As I sit and swing,
the neighbor children begin to play
in the warm
summer rain.
Hands held high,
spinning around and around,
smiling, running,
jumping with laughter,
and singing a merry tune
they have learned from where,
they do not know.

As I sit on this old swing,
I think of past memories of
parents now gone,
children grown with families of their own.
The children,
I hope, will remember the contentment,
the
relaxation of good conversation,
and the laughter of a silly joke.
When the time comes,
may they also have a porch swing.
Then they too can build there
Book of Loving Memories.

Bonnie J.