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Glenn Logan
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since 2001-10-10

Posts 111
Virginia

0 posted 2001-11-02 12:10 PM

I remember it as the apricot summer:
when the flowers
and then the green fruits clung to the
tall thin branches
through all the strong spring
winds and rains to ripen in the
sunshine of a warm June and July.

It was the only year I remember that
frosts didn't catch the flowers,
and the apricots actually got to ripen;
and it was the same warm summer
when my childhood began
to come to a close.

I thought of it then as childhood's end,
but of course, it was only a beginning
of my second childhood; I know now,
with the hindsight of my 50-plus years,
that childhoods never end until we die.

But it was the end to one childhood,
I suppose, an end to one sort of innocence,
to be replaced by another.

And though the apricots ripened,
and didn't fall,
we could never, ever - at the time -
eat them all.
Copyright 2001 Glenn Logan

Note: I've posted some more of my poems at:

     http://sites/netscape.net/gloganpoet
     www.poetrypages.com/pages/glennlogan
     www.geocities.com/glennlogan/index.html

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2001-11-02 01:17 PM

Glenn, this is wonderful. I like it when poets can go back to a time, and bring it forth, fresh and clean...

Thank you!

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

2 posted 2001-11-02 01:27 PM

Oh my, I can certainly relate to this.
My Grandmother's apricot jam was one of the
sweetest memories of my childhood.
Now I buy the best off the shelf wanting for a taste of my innocence. But like you said, hingsight being 20/20.....I'm still a
kid at heart and I ain't dead yet!!

Thanks for this.

Startime
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since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

3 posted 2001-11-02 03:44 PM

*sigh* such a beautiful memory. It does not matter our age (and who told you 50 plus was old anyway?)for it is how we live life in our hearts that counts. May our memories forever keep us young at heart.

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

4 posted 2001-11-02 07:21 PM

Thanks for the tasty apricot memories. It's true, we never stop the adventures of childhood. Once we do, we're done for good. An enjoyable write, Glenn.

mirror man
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since 2001-01-08

Posts 814

5 posted 2001-11-03 04:31 PM

This is very good. Thank you.

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

6 posted 2001-11-03 05:39 PM

(big hugggsssssss) Oh Glen, this is so touching and so beautiful! (smiles) I've always longed to see Georgia and the Applachians, it must be sooooo beautiful down there! (smiles) Hey, I would like to give you the address to another one of my all-time favorite poetry forums that you should post your wonderful poems at!
http://www.voy.com/7622/

I would love to see your work there too! (big hugggssssss) Have a beautiful day, sweet friend! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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