Sunday, August 11, 2019

Morning glory - idyll poem

When I lived in Georgia I had a huge backyard / Some mornings I would sit on the deck and look out into the woods / See the sun bursting through the trees / Deer drinking from the creek / I would sit still and listen to the beautiful noise of nature / Nature should be loud / Birds singing and chirping and racing in the sky / Occasionally I would see black snakes slithering through the grass / My neighbor told me the black snakes were harmless / Squirrels rushing up the trees playing and chasing and racing across the yard / Leaves covering the grass / I was not the best lawn keeper / Those were beautiful mornings / Breeze gentle across my face / Tea and toast and eggs / Bare feet and gown / Morning and a journal and ladybugs / There were tiny frogs and lizards and bees / I loved Georgia mornings in my backyard / All the sounds and thoughts and feelings and ease

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  1. Your poem makes me reminisce about my adolescence. From the ages of 10 1/2 to 18, I was always going on some sort of camping trip, or reunion. While I long for being out in the country again, I would probably go BONKERS without my cellphone, laptop and other creature comforts which I have become addicted to!

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    1. While I greatly enjoy nature I admit I enjoy it most from a deck of my home. I was never a camper or a person who spent time in the woods. I'm glad the poem took you back to good times.

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