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Sunshine
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Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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Tethered Tires Outside in a fall’s backyard to see a tethered tire hung on a tree swinging in the air, but totally alone for no little child lives at this home. The wind moans lowly in the rafters, no child’s voice, no child’s laughter ringing from the window sill; fall brings winter, and winter’s chill. I’m not so old that I am spent, I know what tethered tires meant to my friends and my children three; I know what this swing meant to me. A symbol of freedom in summer’s air, leaning back dusting dirt in long hair; heels kicked high touching blue sky a hand in my back, pushing me high. ‘Round and round I’d go when the tire was spun for on the rope it would turn, and I would be the one to get dizzy first, and to the ground fall oh with that tire, we had a ball! We could climb the rope, and clutch periously to the top of the tire, we’d hang to see who was coming, or who had gone sometimes we’d do it, three kids on, but the swinging, the swinging so high was the best way to reach summer’s sky. I do not yearn to be that young again, but God give me strength for when my grandkids come for a push on the swing and God, let those childrens’ voices ring! ©KRJ 1 October, 1999 ------------------ Sunshine Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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U K Hero Member
since 1999-08-08
Posts 266England |
Aha... let me say I'm the first to cry 'excellent'... |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
Wonderful Sunshine, my the Sun shine on your future and allow lots of Grandkiddies so you can relive those memories and make some new ones... Great job!! ------------------ What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny, compared to what lies within us. ~Isis~ (Daughter of Mystery) |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
UK, thank you! It likes me, too! Isis, I've got one that's 7, one that's two, and one due in a few weeks. I think the swing will stay busy! [This message has been edited by Sunshine (edited 10-01-1999).] |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Applauds feverently.......wonderful message, wonderful imagery, true to form, great flow....what else do you want me to say? This was an excellently crafted piece of poetry, you should be proud of yourself with this one Sunshine  ------------------ It is better to be silent and be considered a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
captvating and entrancing.....yes,you should be very proud Sunshine.......this piece is marvelous ------------------ May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Ah, I remember my old swing well. When I'm tired of working, I'm gonna re-tire. Good poem, Sunshine. |
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Lucie Senior Member
since 1999-06-20
Posts 1077Houston |
Hey Balladeer.. I'll push first..heheh... but then.. I always was kinda pushy..hehe |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Hoot, I'm blushing! Praise from you is sweet, indeed! Pepper, thank you! 'Deer, re-tire? Think not! Glad you enjoyed. Lucie, push away. Thanks for reading... |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Sunshine, This was such a joy to read brought out the beauty of childhood and the sunny day's of summer that seem to pass to quickly.  |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Ahhhh, Sunshine this is beautiful! Another gem I missed the first time around! ------------------ Denise |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
Wonderful! I had a swing like that (one of many original swings we created!) and they are all fond memories. I too want to be a spry old Grandmother who plays soccer with her grandkids. X ------------------ "We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night" (Tombstone epitaph of two amateur astronomers) |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Sunshine: Tire swings and puddle-jumping and mud pies, Ahhhhh....such nostalgia. Loved the memory stir. ------------------ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Sunshine, I've already retired and still going round. Enjoyed the poem, you did good. |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Lost Dreamer, thank you for finding this and bringing it back up to the top, I am so glad you found enjoyment here... Denise, welcome... Xangel - if you want it, it will happen... Marge, Sy - we may be old, but we're good! |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Nicely done Sunshine.....balladeer's gonna retire, he already has a large spare tire.... I wasn't sure what this poem was gonna be about by the Title....but it was a nice surprise....Yanno, down south when your tires get "tethered"....some of them country folks say things like; "My "tars" are so bald ya could run over a dime and read the date on the tread"...... |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I can feel the breeze And smell the dust, Hear my parents Making a fuss... "You'll kill yourself Going so high" Just as my toes Almost touched the sky. "In your good dress? Get off that thing!" Thanks for the visit To my old swing! Great job, Sunshine. What a delightful trip down memory lane!! And Toe... I've had "tars" like that! LOL |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Toe, suthern, glad you enjoyed the visit. Suthern, especially like your version added to this. |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Beautiful Karilea, this brought back some fond memories.  Mxx into this night i wonder, it's morning that i dread, another day of knowing of, the path i fear to tread. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
how glad I am to have stumbled here |
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