This Poem was Submitted By: Stevie L Underwood On Date: 2000-07-15 00:27:43 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Recollections

                                     Yarns of old, I hold dear                                          as sacred memory                               Woven tapestries of yesterday's thread                                       of how life used to be                                   Way back then, my mom recalls                                      events as a little girl                                 Relives an era in days of her youth                                     in such a different world                               "We walked to school...or rode a mule                                   most folks didn't have no cars                                  We stayed busy doing our chores                            weren't no TV...we watched the moon and stars                               We shared a spring, the water was pure                                   as farmers had plenty to eat                                             We grew a garden...chickens for eggs                            in the fall, we'd kill a cow or a pig for meat                                  People were scarce, the neighbors were few                                families struggled to put down roots                             We dressed in bonnets and flour-sack aprons                           the men wore ragged overalls and old, dusty boots"                                  Just old stories my mom would tell                                   recollection of days gone by                             I'll cherish each tale, holding them dear                                 as keepsakes within...until I die

Copyright © July 2000 Stevie L Underwood

Additional Notes:
the grammer within the quote is deliberate


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