Michael Degenhardt Poet Quatrain

Ah, Those Childhood Days

The green grass of youth held such happy times
From picnics, to football, to baseball and more
But, now it holds something that I don’t quite like
The weekly mowing that has become my sole chore

Childhood days have long, long since gone
The laughter, the innocence, the life, the fun
I would love to go back to those days before
As I’d be outside playing past the setting sun

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Heidie Buys September 18, 2008 at 4:41 PM Well written and so very heart warming and true. Those were the days. Good one. Regards Heidie

Michael Jordan September 16, 2008 at 11:59 AM You know Michael I have always contemplated how part of our lives we spend wishing to be bigger or older I guess would be the term to use and then we reach the point where we wish we were younger - Great poetry you penned today my friend

Sharon Winter September 16, 2008 at 10:08 AM Me too, me too. I always feel the perfect vacation is to reclaim the mind of a child for a week. : ) Nice to see you back again Michael. Love, Shar

Carrie Richards September 16, 2008 at 8:32 AM Oh yes....the responsibilities of growing older come with a price. Those childhood carefree days are so brief....if only we could hold on a little longer! ~Thoughtful poem! Best wishes....Carrie