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Romy
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since 2000-05-28
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Plantation, Florida

0 posted 2000-06-18 05:36 PM


Three Little Girls
sitting on the edge of the old wooden porch,
swinging their sunburned legs
back and forth,
back and forth.
Whispering to each other through cupped hands,  
the secrets
that little girls treasure.
And I,
the intruder, peer unseen from
behind the dusty window
of the general store,
cradling my bag of groceries close to my chest,
as if it were the carefree and innocent spirit
of my youthful days,
reborn.
I  yearn to join their magic circle
giggling and chattering,  
in a long-forgotten language
that only a child can understand.
To revisit, if only for a moment,
that enchanting world
of green grass and blue skies,
jump ropes and ice cream cones.
Where palaces are filled with unbroken dreams
and the sweet promise
of everything beautiful and fair,
lies waiting to be discovered.
  


© Copyright 2000 Deborah L. Carter - All Rights Reserved
netswan
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since 2000-03-28
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Washington
1 posted 2000-06-18 05:40 PM


Oh, Debbie, this is sweet -

~netswan

Kit McCallum
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2 posted 2000-06-18 06:08 PM


You've taken me right back there too Debbie ... beautifully descriptive and full of memories. Well done!
SEA
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3 posted 2000-06-18 06:47 PM


Debbie~ My Mom would love this.....I'll show it to her this Tues. This is great!   -SEA
Justbleu
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4 posted 2000-06-18 11:14 PM


Three Little Girls
sitting on the edge of the old wooden porch,
swinging their sunburned legs
back and forth,
back and forth.
Whispering to each other through cupped hands,  
the secrets
that little girls treasure.

That was my favorite part of the poem!!  It caught me and made me want to return there!!
Thanks for bringing back the memories!! Cute!!!  

Bridgette


"Creation of woman from the rib of Man: She was not made from his head to top him; nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him; but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved." -Unknown


X Angel
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5 posted 2000-06-19 07:16 PM


I liked this muchly....I yearn for a daughter so much, but since I have only sons, I too..resort to spying on these beautiful mysetrious creatures God calls little girls.....

Awesome!
~Heather

wayoutwalt
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6 posted 2000-06-20 01:35 PM


debbie i'm from dallas..nuff said to vote on this piece but i do love it too!
Colin
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Callington, Cornwall, England
7 posted 2000-06-20 03:06 PM


I loved this one Debbie  It was the details that made this so special for me: the fact that the legs were sunburned legs and not just legs, the cupped hands when they whispered and the palaces filled with unbroken dreams. Beautiful  

Eric

JOY 14
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since 1999-09-22
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Wisconsin USA
8 posted 2000-06-21 02:31 PM


Debbie,
It seems like I only read this a few days ago.  Oh, wait I did!    I love this poem, but you probably already know that!

Joy

FlyHigh
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since 2000-06-21
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Bekkestua, Norway
9 posted 2000-06-21 02:38 PM


Oooooo, nice.. Reminds me of my nieces, when they got some scheme up their sleeve, that they toss at an unsuspecting uncle.  

Geir Jakobsen

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"Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish."
Ovid (BC 43-18 AD, Roman P

Elyse
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since 2000-04-16
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Apex (think raleigh) NC
10 posted 2000-06-22 12:03 PM


i think i remember this. i like it just as well now as then  

luv Elyse

Denise
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11 posted 2000-06-22 12:07 PM


Yes! One of my all time favorite poems!  

Denise

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12 posted 2000-06-22 12:33 PM


I don't know about you, but I'm GLAD my childhood is over. It's the whole "grass is always greener" syndrome. Do children want to be children? No, they want to be treated more adult. Do adults want to be adults? No, they want to "recapture their youth." I say, live your youth every day. Screw regrets.

A much more stable-than-childhood Mike

P.S. Enjoyed the poem.

Romy
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Plantation, Florida
13 posted 2000-06-29 09:06 AM


Thanks everyone! I have been traveling alot lately and unable to be in the forums!  Missed being here!
Debbie

AVANTI
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INDIA/MAHARASHTRA/PUNE
14 posted 2000-06-29 09:14 AM


we are three sisters
I loved this poem...
gonna keep a copy for my 2 elder sisters to read...
I have to say this...
I vote!

If all was light...then I would have never learnt the dark...from which such truth evolves
from which evolves the light...
Avanti Rao


Marge Tindal
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15 posted 2000-07-24 09:51 PM


Debbie~
This is absolutely precious.
A delightful read ...
I cherish the memories of my sisters
on the old porch swing of our youth.
~*Marge*~


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Heather Miller
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Bryan, Ohio USA
16 posted 2000-07-25 03:30 PM


Very sweet, wonderful memories.........Thank you
LITL,
Heather

With God all things are possible.


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