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Written by: Carol Sunshine Brown

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About This Poem

A Memory

Rugged and rebuffed it still sets all alone
A memory of my very long ago childhood
Vine covered with creepy crawlers all about
More frightening now then when a child I think
I remember the old outhouse from long ago


3rd Place Winner
Contest # 189
Sponsor Brian Strand
July 17, 2012

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 1/11/2013 9:37:00 PM

during time, our memories give the old time an epic look... love the deepen memory you have on this verse...pd

jesse voirin

Date: 9/30/2012 8:29:00 PM

Ain't that the truth if it was ever told

Edmond Ornelas

Date: 9/14/2012 8:25:00 AM

Love your poems Carol for some reason I understand then Thank you for writting them

Ayman Peeroo

Date: 8/20/2012 4:43:00 PM

Thank you for dropping by to read my poem. It's very encouraging : ) i really like this one of years. Congrats on our well deserved win : ) Have a wonderful week!

Leonora Galinta

Date: 8/15/2012 1:40:00 AM

I extend my heartfelt congratulations on your wins. I've just read your other winning pieces now like this one and the bio. They are great! I'm looking forward for more new poems from you. Hope you are always having a great day full of sunshine! luv, leonora

anne p. murray

Date: 7/27/2012 12:59:00 PM

I always felt sorry for those who had to go out in the cold and use an outhouse. Well put poem Ps. Aren't you glad you don't have to use an outhouse any more ;-)

Jim Pemberton

Date: 7/23/2012 11:40:00 PM

Hope all is going well for you! Thanks for your thoughtful comments! Blessings to you! Have a great day! JP

Robert Ball

Date: 7/23/2012 7:43:00 AM

Thank you for your kind comments on my poem you are to be congradulated on your 3rd place finish, well deserved, my health is returning and will be answering comments more nowGod bless bob

Gail DeBole

Date: 7/21/2012 6:58:00 PM

Hi Carol - I can see why this poem is a winner! When I was a little girl, I used to hear about outhouses, but they were a little before my time. - Gail

craig cornish

Date: 7/20/2012 6:39:00 AM

Congrats Carol, so expressive about childhood memories. There was an old outhouse behind my grandfather's house that used to creep me out---would only go near it in bright sunlight!

Dalila Agtani

Date: 7/20/2012 2:42:00 AM

Well deserved piece Carol. Congratulations. You brought me back to my abandoned family house many decades ago. Nice read for me this early morning. Dalila

Mohammad Yamin

Date: 7/19/2012 4:11:00 PM

A beautiful poem. Very touching. I recollect a verse in Urdu language. The translation reads: Recollection of the past is killing me, O Lord/ Be merciful and take away my memory. Thanks Carol for your felicitation over the winning of my poem The Old Age in the First Round of the Contest. You are very kind. -Mohammad

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 7/18/2012 5:47:00 AM

Thank you all who took the time to read and comment on this piece and for the congrats. I truly appreciate you all. Love, Carol

Joseph May

Date: 7/17/2012 7:34:00 PM

congrats on your win Carol

Sara Kendrick

Date: 7/17/2012 5:54:00 PM

Great idea for a work..It was called the Privy around here..Enjoyed reading this eve..Brought back memories..Congrats on your winning work...Sara

Linda-Marie SweetHeart

Date: 7/17/2012 4:26:00 PM

congrats Carol on a third place win for this dynamic write so special luv.

Terry O'Leary

Date: 7/17/2012 12:28:00 PM

Sometimes we have strange items in our memory storage... Great poem... congratulations on your win... Terry

David Williams

Date: 7/17/2012 12:25:00 PM

Carol congrats on your win..David

Steven Beesley

Date: 7/16/2012 7:35:00 PM

Lovely, memories are sometimes so vivid to us. Nicely penned.

Laurel Larison

Date: 7/16/2012 3:37:00 PM

I loved this one. bravo my friend. laurel

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 7/16/2012 1:24:00 AM

So true. Excellent poem. Enjoyed.

Željko Sitar

Date: 7/15/2012 7:19:00 AM

Great and beutiful!!! Love from Croatia!

Danny Stinson

Date: 7/14/2012 2:59:00 PM

Memories have a way of staying with us. Excellent poem.

Jane Kostman

Date: 7/14/2012 2:12:00 PM

Yea I remember those creep out houses... Sure brings back memories from when I was a kid. Out on our farm with our chickens, and 5 and a half acres. Sure was a lot of land for a little girl. Thanks for sharing! Jane

Sherese Gooden

Date: 7/14/2012 12:56:00 PM

Carol, we have memories, isn't that lovely? Good or bad they are our storehouse. May they keep on inspiring you.

Ravindra K Kapoor

Date: 7/14/2012 11:53:00 AM

Yes Carol these sweet and sometimes even bitter memories keep fascinating us in those moments, when we are away from a crowd. They are the real wealth of our bygone past. Quite a beautiful sketch you have painted by your evergreen pen on this much forgotten wealth of past, which soon would be a dream for the new generation. Thanks for your sweet words on my Poem. Love and best wishes always.....Ravindra...Carol Brown

louis rams

Date: 7/14/2012 11:50:00 AM

does the old out house still exist ? why is it that with time we become more fearful of child hood memories ?

Nathan A.

Date: 7/14/2012 12:38:00 AM

ah the good ol outhouse peeps can complain all they want but its better then going behind a bush

The Situation

Date: 7/13/2012 7:29:00 PM

i bet the same guy that made the coffins made the outhouses too. but as you can see were less famous.

The Situation

Date: 7/13/2012 7:26:00 PM

carol, i'm 49 and i have used out houses. but was vedry surprised to learned about the use of corn cobbs. some here don't have any ideal what were refering to. lol.

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