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Memories Are Made of This

"How sweet to the heart are the scenes of my childhood"

                                   Samuel Woodworth, 1785-1842


I'd help milk the goat and feed our two pigs
and  loved being outside in the warm sun
picking potatoes whilst my father digs

We'd go to the coast it was so much fun,
driving for miles in dad's Volkswagen car,
dad would buy big ice creams for everyone!

My primary school was not very far
I'd walk there with my mother every day
academically I wasn't a star!

I was a tomboy, I  guess I should say
and never played with dolls when I was small
I dreamed of throwing sis's Barbie away!

Just a few memories, I can recall
I have many more... but won't share them all

Terza Rima Form Poetry Contest

10 syllables per line checked with how many syllables

Sponsored by Constance La France

20/11/20

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Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 11/30/2020 11:30:00 AM

Nice glance into the past Jan. :) Congratulations on the win! Linda

Alexis Y.

Date: 11/29/2020 6:52:00 AM

Hi Jan, I'm just coming back to day congratulations on your winning write. Have a great day my friend:-) Alexis

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 11/29/2020 5:37:00 AM

Very nice, Jan! Hands off the barbies ;) Congratulations on 1st place!

Constance La France

Date: 11/29/2020 1:11:00 AM

Jan, congratulations on your win in my Terza Rima Contest with this excellent and exceptional poem and I love the song too, a FAV for me _Constance

Beata Agustin

Date: 11/28/2020 10:43:00 PM

Wow! Congrats! Indeed, recalling significant childhood experience is delightful. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.

Krish Radhakrishna

Date: 11/26/2020 2:07:00 PM

Such memories you want to play them again and again! Good luck! This is a lovely poem and like the finish - I wont share them all!

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 11/22/2020 10:07:00 AM

Loved the memories you shared with us. I was also a tomboy, I think I was the son my dad never had, and that is why he and I were so close, we did everything together. I was told off in primary school because every break time I would play marbles with the boys, and when there was a polio epidemic in Bulawayo, in the then Rhodesia, i should have rested every afternoon but spent hours up a mulberry tree, with a friend of mine next door always caught out as my lips and face were purple! Hugs Jenn

Simon Hamill

Date: 11/22/2020 2:52:00 AM

You picked out some of my memories when I was a lad. Thank you.simon.:)

Joanna Daniel

Date: 11/22/2020 2:10:00 AM

You've picked out some of your best memories, I should say, awesome poetry, Jan:)

Rico Leffanta

Date: 11/21/2020 10:51:00 AM

Its poems like this which have convinced my granddaughter it is best never to grow up! Aloha! Rico

Jan Allison
Date: 11/21/2020 4:28:00 PM

thanks Rico:-):-) :-) hugs jan xx

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 11/21/2020 1:07:00 AM

Great terza rima, one of the best. ~~

Jan Allison
Date: 11/21/2020 6:14:00 AM

aww thanks Victor I have rarely written the form i think this is my 3rd one:-) hugs jan xx

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 11/20/2020 5:28:00 PM

Sounds idyllic Jan. I wonder if your sister collects Barbies on a Pinterest site? I do and have pinned over 10 thousand photos of Barbies.

Jan Allison
Date: 11/21/2020 12:59:00 AM

I have no idea what she is doing she's not spoken to me in over 5 yrs nor mum or any of the rest of the family in over 3. Her loss :-) hugs Jan xx

Vijay Pandit

Date: 11/20/2020 5:11:00 PM

Beautiful memories in every way --loved the images you painted in this awesome poem, Jan. And the music adorns your words-- you recall. I vote this for POTD. Much enjoyed!

Jan Allison
Date: 11/21/2020 12:58:00 AM

What a lovely comment Vijay:-) hugs Jan xx

Ilene Bauer

Date: 11/20/2020 4:48:00 PM

some very touching recollections, jan! i envy you the goat and pigs - sounds wonderful to me! best of luck in the contest...

Jan Allison
Date: 11/21/2020 12:57:00 AM

Thanks Ilene, I had Susie the goat for my 13th birthday:-) https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_strangest_birthday_present_i_ever_received_557053 :-) hugs Jan xx

Alexis Y.

Date: 11/20/2020 4:39:00 PM

Hi Jan, You had some great childhood memories. For some reason, I would love to milk an animal. I always thought of a cow but a goat would do too. Best wishes in the contest. Thanks for sharing your memories with us. Have a great weekend. Ps, The song was so fitting for this piece. I love Barbara Streisand's music:-) Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 11/21/2020 12:55:00 AM

Thanks Alexis, i love her music too:-) hugs jan xx