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Open Poetry #30

My Mothers Photo

BloomingRose
Member Elite

since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

0 posted 2003-12-12 09:32 AM

I hold my mothers faded photo in my hand.
Caressing the ragged edges.
She was a young girl,
about the age for kissing fools
and I love you best boyfriends.
The black and white picture
leaves me to imagine the colors of her day.
The wind fluffs her brown hair
as she smiles with big beautiful teeth.
The sun on her round cheeks
reflects the days when no one wore sunscreen
and it was cute to have freckles.
Her friends laugh as they hold the camera
shouting at her to hold her in her pooch stomach.
The camera clicks
and her pleated skirt sways with her youthful hips
as she swings her leg
and points her saddle oxford shoe to the sky.
Time won’t wait
so she hops down the squares on the sidewalk
as she sends a goodbye kiss to the wind.

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

1 posted 2003-12-12 10:36 AM

Debra, this is a beautiful photo of your Mother.
Thanks for painting it for us.

Happy Holidays,

Ethel

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

2 posted 2003-12-12 10:42 AM

beautifully written and expressed by a very lovely lady inside and out...your mom should be very proud. Very much enjoyed.

BloomingRose
Member Elite

since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

3 posted 2003-12-12 10:53 AM

Thank you very much...

Deb

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

4 posted 2003-12-16 09:09 PM

this is a very lovely and enjoyable write. Though it was all beautiful, I especially liked the line:

"She was a young girl,
about the age for kissing fools
and I love you best boyfriends."

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