[JustAmy]

June 2, 2008



Graphic by MamaBear

Back in The Day

Back in the day …
We’d pile the boys in back,
And drive down the road to the crossing,
Where Farmer George’s field was laying fallow,

For about the fourteenth year,
And the ruts between the bases,
Looked like plow marks,
Made by boots and by bare feet,

Of well-tanned lads in overalls,
And little else but grins and freckles.

Back in the day …
We’d stop beside the creek after the ball game,
And swing out for a drop into the coolness,
Of a shaded depth of water, too lazy in the summer,

To go out into the sunny parts downstream,
Where work was to be done,
In turning wheels to grind our well-earned grain,
For making bread to sop up the real food,

Of meat that went unwillingly to Heaven,
Protesting in its innocence and fear.

Back in the day …
That lasted near a week of sunny hours,
From the morning light that wound the rooster,
To the last gray dusk that showed the bats the way,

To dust away the wisps of cloudy cobwebs,
That kept the stars from shining bright,
In nights that settled into peaceful silence,
With only pops and fizzles from the fire,

Left banked to sleep until the morning,
When biscuits needed waking for the day,

Back in the day ...

NicknamedBob . . . . . . June 1, 2008
© 2008

[Cardhu]

PowerPoint Presentation with Music.

TO BE A WOMAN

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[gardengirl]

Thanks for a great summer memory!

Y’all have a great day!

[MEG33]

Happy Monday To Amy's Place

Love the greeting ..poem and graphic Amy, Bob and Mama Bear!
Thank you for the music, Luv. Beautiful birds, jaycee. Thank you for the
fun posts OESY and lovely power point presentations. Cardhu,

[Lady Jag]

A friend is someone who knows the song
in your heart and can sing it back to
you when you have forgotten the words.

 

[Billie]

What a neat old pickup truck, and love the poem, Nnb!

[JustAmy]

Thank you for today’s Welcoming Graphic and Poem.

They are both wonderful and you are appreciated.

[fewz]

I learned to drive in a '47 Studebaker truck that looked a lot like that truck. The Studebaker was in considerably better condition than that truck but, anyway, it put me in the mood for some mobile poetry.

So, how about some poetry in motion