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Trillium 
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA 
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Echoes This lofty barn, with sagging floor, Once sheltered horse and cow galore! It's now a vast and shadowed space, Where spiders hang their dusty lace. The silence holds a thousand neighs, Once uttered here in bygone days And you can almost glimpse the past, In bars of sunlight that are cast, Through broken windows, doors agape, But there is no way to escape Reality of what remains. A victim of the autumn rains The winter snows and winds that wear, Till now a skeleton stands where A proud and useful building stood, Made out of strong and painted wood. It was a hub of daily life. Pride of the farmer and his wife. This loft held hay in yesteryear! Now, barn owls raise their owlets here. Before the advent of the night, It is a sad and haunted sight. Betty Lou Hebert |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
A wonderful poem about this relic of yesteryear. My husband used to mourn the fall of each old barn as it went down in a windstorm. There are not too many left unless they have been restored. Love, Joyce |
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pegasus111 Member Elite
since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219ocala, fl, usa |
lovely piece.. the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Dear Joyce: I've always loved old barns. I guess because of all the happy memories I have of the barns on the farms of my past. There are still a few around here, but they are looking pretty tired. Thanks! Love Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
pegasus111: Thanks for reading! Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
BettyLou~ This is so hauntingly lovely ... makes me want to start a 'Hug-A-Barn' society !!! Brings back some childhood memories of playing in my grandaddy's barn ... just a little over a month ago, I went to the property where that memory stood ... and just like your penning ... it was sad to see what little was left standing~ I took a 'memory jar' (something I often do in places where fond memories live on) .. wrote three pages of my fondest memories of the barn and Grandad ... and after sealing it for the all of time ... dug a hole and placed the 'memory jar' there for somene in another generation to find and know the specialness of the barn to one granddaughter~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Dear Marge: I think we must have some similar memories of barns. My barn was my uncles and I spent part of every summer out there on his farm, helping with the threshing crew.....being a "gofer" actually....but I looked forward to it. Strangely enough, I have left "memory jars" in several places we have lived. I put our names, the date I was leaving it, how long we lived there and some of the important things that had happened. I always found a place to hide them. I sometimes wonder if any of them have been found! Love Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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Isobel Senior Member
since 2004-01-17
Posts 529Qld, Australia |
Dear Betty Lou Another fine piece of poetry!!! Where spiders hang their dusty lace....... You always leave me in awe!!! Thank you for blessing all of us here in PiP with your wonderful poetry!!! Love Isobel xo |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Isobel: Thank you for reading and I always look forward to hearing from you! Love Betty Lou |
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