Grandpa's Prayer Chair

Grandpa’s chair still there

though stables are empty now

ghostly echoes of neighing

still hear Gramps praying

“Please, Lord, let me keep my farm”

blessings bestowed on our clan




*Entry for Rick’s “Chair in Shadowed Room” contest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Dietrich Avatar
July 22, 2011 at 12:42 PM
ps. I will tell you down here. no I got nothing in that contest for that poem you just commented on.
Haick Avatar
June 15, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Congratulations on your well-deserved win in Rick's Contest, Seafaress! Love your take on the picture! Well done. Love, Annalise
Brown Avatar
June 9, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Congratulations on a well deserved win in ^Rick Parise's "Chair In A Shadowed Room" contest Carolyn. Love, Carol
Skyles-Theoklapoet Avatar
June 8, 2011 at 12:41 PM
Wow so fabulous Carolyn.Thanks kind lady for the nice comment on my poem.I knew you was a tomboy.Thanks for all your kind comments and lovely congrats you send.I'm only able to write one comment for the several you send cause i only have one finger to type with but read them all.~LOTS OF LUV~Teresa
Dufresne Avatar
June 8, 2011 at 5:08 AM
A beauty of a heart write, Carolyn.. My wife liked it to (of course she has horses) :) congratulations to you on your win here in Rick's contest.
Osita Avatar
June 8, 2011 at 3:12 AM
congrats on your well deserved win in Rick Praise's contest
Dietrich Avatar
June 7, 2011 at 8:17 PM
Glad to see this on the list, Carolyn. WEll deserved and congratulations.
Mehta Avatar
June 7, 2011 at 6:38 PM
Congratulations on the win in the contest of rick, Carolyn
Austin Avatar
June 6, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Aint it the truth. You have to think of Archie Bunker's chair. When I was a kid, we had an old green chair on the porch. I still remember my dad sitting on that old green chair, pointing out the constellations to me. Love, Dave
Kendrick Avatar
June 6, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Good one..Great idea for the picture..Good presentation..Reads like winning material..Thanks for the kind review of my wor...Sara
Dietrich Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 9:29 PM
This is a great entry poem for the contest. I really enjoy seeing these cool writes based on pictures. Thanks for your comments today. as for bananas, I just don't enjoy eating them. I do,however, like banana flavored foods and if they are served on icecream or in other dishes!
Mehta Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 6:37 PM
Yes, caROLYN, many of us have taken to be grandpa, chair,
Smith-Johnsen Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 4:48 PM
Lots of great contest entries today, Carolyn. This one hopefully to be included among winners. It's a wonderful write.
Locksley Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 4:43 PM
Hey this is beautiful. Good luck in Rick's contest. I drew a blank looking at the picture.
K. Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 1:23 PM
What a beautiful take on the photo, Carolyn-- I find it so interesting how one photo can tell a thousand different stories-- I like how yours also gave an insight of hope and blessings represented by that chair-- and haha! Thank you for your confidence in my truffle write ;) ok, send me some fish please-- whoops- I think I missed that blog of yours-- lemme go visit it--hugs
Neels Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 9:22 AM
Such a beautiful depiction of the chair Carolyn, I am sure Rick will love this entry of yours. Wishing you all the best with it :) love Wilma
Foulk Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 9:20 AM
this one touched my heart, goes in my favorite, what i have been doing is taking the favorites from soup and making coypies of them, then i put them in a folder, and called it Poems by poetry soup members, just for my enjoyment, i hope that is ok without everyone, so i will do that with this beautiful poem of yours. thank you for commenting on zoo closed.
Horne Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 9:13 AM
Lovely tender choka, my friend. I was half expecting the Monmouth Uni ghostly jockey to sit on the chair.
Devonshire Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 10:50 AM
LOL Only you would remember that "ghostly experience," Jack. Darn, maybe I should have gone in that direction.
Roberts Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 9:12 AM
beautiful choka Carolyn, best of luck in the contest, that scene reminded us both of a barn and a grandparent no longer there, we have so much more in common than just our birthdate don't we
Muzzey Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 9:10 AM
A lovely write Carolyn, so many memories in each one I read. Best to you~ Caryl
Poet Avatar
June 5, 2011 at 8:56 AM
Excellent Choka here Carolyn.Wonderful approach to the photo contest..Best wishes.
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