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Open Poetry #47

Childhood Is A Kingdom Where No One Dies

Huan Yi
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Waukegan

0 posted 2011-04-05 01:31 PM

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October—

Autumn leaves
Wooden houses

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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

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South Louisiana

1 posted 2011-04-05 09:46 PM

Burning leaves
Houses all gone

~ If you don't want gays in the military, make the uniforms ugly. ~

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

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Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

2 posted 2011-04-05 10:00 PM

John,

When I read your poem, I rememberd my parents taking us kids to an Indian grave yard. Over every grave was a small wooden house. I was charmed as they looked like little play houses. Each was colorfully painted and I could see the possessions of the person inside the house. I remember the children's houses - one in particular. It had a small china tea set in it, much like the one I had to play with. It had a doll and other toys ~ and I remember thinking that little girl was much like me.

quote:
Childhood Is A Kingdome Where No One Dies

I don't know that little girl's name, but she remains a part of me.

Thank you.
Alison

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

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So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2011-04-06 12:36 PM

Love the title and Alison's response. (My mother who was half Creek) used to tell me about the lttle houses over the graves. She said they had to stop the practice because of grave robbers.
iDA

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

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Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

4 posted 2011-04-06 01:10 AM

I know of one such grave yard that still exists up here in AK, Ida.

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

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Spring, Texas

5 posted 2011-04-06 09:21 AM

So simple and powerful.

j.

Huan Yi
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since 2004-10-12

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Waukegan

6 posted 2011-04-06 12:15 PM

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Thanks for reading

I actually chose the title after, (which is
from a poem by Edna St Vincent Millay),
to act as well as part of the poem itself.
Somehow for me it was a perfect coupling.

It all started with a painting . . .

Thanks again

John

PS

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1978/nov/09/better-than-counting-sheep/

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Juju
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since 2003-12-29

Posts 3429
In your dreams

7 posted 2011-04-06 07:03 PM

Yes, childhood ends...

But as adults, we are responsible to maintain that simple world.

Juju

-Juju

-"So you found a girl
Who thinks really deep thoughts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts " Silent all these Years, Tori Amos

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