Borrowed Line - Jennings Carmichael
Borrowed Line - Jennings CarmichaelDear old road, wheel-worn and brokenThe dear old road,it skirted its way aroundGrandpa's small farm. It was wheel-worn and brokenand that is the truth of it. I see...
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Dinah,It is great to see a new Dinah poem!!This one puts a mist in the eye. The conversational tonemakes this poem as warm and cozy as the memories it celebrates.You take me back to the farm of my...
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So very good to see/read you again Dinah. This brings back memories of my own Grandpa. Thank you. Regards, Maryse
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Sarah and Maryse...thank you so much. So much time yet so little writing...I gotta get on the ball here and get going with writing more. Dinah
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Hi Dinah Welcome Back! What a wonderful quote, sound-wise and image as well, to use a title and subject for this sentimental and engaging poem. I grew up on a homestead in the country and had a...
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Dinah, This poem, like the sweet and beautiful "wheel-worn and broken" road it describes, moves about the countryside of this page like the road itself; the memories flutter, words burst to life as...
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Wendy and Rich thanks so much, never actually been on a farm but I do love Autumn and grew up on a road named Maple Road and I remember those trees and even cried a bit when yearly they were groomed...
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Dinah, I love how you interject your own thoughts in this, and then the unsuspected closing. Great job!
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