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Sunshine

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0 posted 2012-04-25 10:55 PM

Courtney Drive in April

It is April, the plum trees on our old street
are just about now sprouting their bloodline ~
we know what will evolve.
Barefooted, street smart kids
will plan a beginning - an adventure.
We will loot the trees of their bejeweled
full lusty treasure sometime in mid-June,
just before the birds harvest them.
Oh, we won't know of the bellyache,
nor the rules we were breaking,
but we will remember the laughter
of the overnighters
and all of the secrets of being
14.

For Peggy.
For the street we lived on.
For 1965.

(c) KRJ
4-25-12

Startime1955
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since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

1 posted 2012-04-25 11:02 PM

BRAVO!!! It was watermelons we raided...I love this and the memory it gave me...HUGS

Amaryllis
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since 2010-05-20

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2 posted 2012-04-25 11:03 PM

That is just beautiful, Sunshine! I love it so much... Gorgeous

Amaryllis

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

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California U.S.A

3 posted 2012-04-26 12:40 PM

Your poem brought on a smile as I remembered when we all played baseball in the street and had the best time laughing together. Enjoyed your poem
Sunshine. Ms. E

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

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South Louisiana

4 posted 2012-04-26 05:49 AM

Like Startime, we raided the watermelon patch, but whatever we raided was fair game. We were breaking the rules, and that was a fantastic thrill.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

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Spring, Texas

5 posted 2012-04-28 09:52 AM

Enjoyed this, my friend... memories cherished for a lifetime.

j.

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

6 posted 2012-04-28 12:44 PM

Lovely peek into the past.
Kids will do anything to have that kind of feast.
We used to rob McMann's cherry tree and the thrill of it all was the aprehension of getting caught.
Really enjoyed the read Karilea.
Memories can be so soothing sometimes and so REAL!

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2012-04-29 07:19 PM

Nice...reminds me of the walnut trees, the pomegranite trees, the blackberries, the farmers peanuts under the corn, the watermelons, all the neighbors foods available in my journeys through the neighborhood as a child.

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

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8 posted 2012-04-29 08:34 PM

fine 'slice of life' and tribute write!

where are those 'time machines' when we need 'em ?!

These days, I often wish it was 1960-somethin' again ... 'cause
this double-post-modern "Runaway American Dream" no longer
makes much sense at all (to me at least)!

Alison

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Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

9 posted 2012-05-05 09:41 PM

I love looking at the world through your memories. This makes me long to have been there.

A

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

10 posted 2012-05-06 01:42 PM

hi sunshine,great tribute, enjoyed a lot all images and words,

yann

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