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Titia Geertman
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0 posted 2001-06-24 05:20 PM




When I look at this old chest
my mind goes back to childhoodtime
a bakery's chest it was and I can still smell
the scent of fresh breads waiting to be bought

When I look at this old chest
I see it standing in my parents kitchen
bought because the baker stopped baking
the plates and other kitchenstuff found a place

When I look at this old chest
just have to reach out my hand to touch
it came to me after my mother moved away
and it containes many memories I want to keep

When I look at this old chest
there's the tin sugarpot, and the clock
ashtrays I love to search for at fleemarkets
vases, candlesticks, photos, all so dear to me

When I look at this old chest
I get such a warm feeling inside me
this treasure I will keep as long as I live
for she is holding on to my present and past


A rose is a rose is a rose...I guess...
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Marge Tindal
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1 posted 2001-06-24 05:59 PM


Titia~Titia~Titia~
Beautifully nostalgic.
The bakers chest is so lovely ...
I've got my grandmother's ...
and it's very much admired in my heart.
It's also a 'keeper-of-things' that I hold dear.

Thank you for sharing this beauty.
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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walker
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2 posted 2001-06-24 06:01 PM


Beautiful!
JLR
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3 posted 2001-06-25 01:28 AM


I have an old kitchen hutch of my grandmother's...to this day when I open it I can smell anise.  Loved this!
vlraynes
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4 posted 2001-06-25 01:45 AM


Titia-
   a very beautiful baker's chest
   and an equally beautiful write..
   thanks for sharing..

   ~vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes



Irish Rose
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5 posted 2001-06-25 07:10 AM


Thank you for sharing this with us, it's so lovely.

"This rose has seen red, I have been blue
I'm going to Ireland in 2002!" Kathleen.

Sudhir Iyer
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6 posted 2001-06-25 10:22 AM


Excellent work, indeed...

a keeper just like the chest,
for this reminds of something and someone dear...

Regards,
sudhir

"I was born intelligent - education ruined me"

illusion
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7 posted 2001-06-25 10:55 AM


This is lovely.  
Titia Geertman
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8 posted 2001-06-26 12:48 PM


Thanks to all of you for reading.

Titia

A rose is a rose is a rose...I guess...
Feel free to use the pictures on my website. http://communities.msn.com/Titiasplace&naventryid=100

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