Tag Archives: memory

Mid-day Post, July 11, 2017

Posted on July 11, 2017 by labeak52

  There were days in mid-summer when the sky was grey-white and close and even the birds were subdued in their singing.   Then the roar of the river shoals only whispered and one was tempted to sleep; to fall … Continue reading →

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Morning Poem, November 24, 2014

Posted on November 24, 2014 by labeak52

I remember the old street And the old dirt alley running behind the houses The clotheslines and tomato vines in every backyard. The chain-link fences And the low whir of the pushmowers Slicing across the little rectangles of lawn. I … Continue reading →

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Stealing Time, Stealing Beauty

Posted on September 23, 2014 by labeak52

The best days of summer were after school had started.  I knew this and no one else did.  While the other kids were wrapped up in football and band and decorating for the fall dances – all those things that … Continue reading →

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