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Home of My Childhood

~~ my mind takes me back through the tattered pages of my life to a place of warmth, security and love . . . . . to my mother's kitchen with its big cupboards and old stove and a blue teapot on the kitchen table and grandma telling me of life of people in the family long dead . . . it was at that same table that I read my first poems while sipping tea oh! I recall father shovelling snow in winter all bundled up and a warm fireplace waiting within . . . then at night in an attic room this little girl was tucked in with forever loving hands, hugs and kisses . . . . _______________________________ January 24, 2015 Poetry/Free Verse/home of my childhood Copyright Protected, ID 01-635-607-24 All Rights Reserved, 2015, Constance La France Entered in the Standard contest, Home Sweet Home sponsor Skat , Judged 02/2015 Third Place

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Date: 5/26/2015 1:30:00 PM
Lovingly descriptive of a home sweet home..Enjoyed reading this winner..Congrats..Sara
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Date: 5/23/2015 8:13:00 AM
A sanctuary...congrats on on your win and a place of comfort. :)
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Date: 5/23/2015 1:20:00 AM
BROKEN, Nice win...... LINDA
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Date: 5/20/2015 8:20:00 PM
Amazing as always, Constance, a VERY big congrats for this win.
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Date: 5/20/2015 7:04:00 PM
Broken, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN. Enjoyed your Home Sweet Home Entry. Thank you for supporting my contest. ~~SKAT LOVE~~
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Date: 1/26/2015 1:11:00 PM
A beautiful rememberance, a gentle well crated poem. It brings back my memories of home when i was a child. Thank you. i have put it in my favourites.
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Date: 1/25/2015 10:07:00 AM
I feel I have paid visit to that place of your dreams. I often visit one very similar, and it makes me long to have just one more day there to spend. "IF ONLY"... ahhhhh.......
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Date: 1/25/2015 3:46:00 AM
Sweet memories of home...the imagery brings to mind a Norman Rockwell painting. Simply lovely...hugs, Rhonda
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Date: 1/25/2015 3:41:00 AM
very touching poem that expresses the emotion perfectly. good luck in contest
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