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On Grandpa's Farm

grandpa’s long dirt lane between glorious corn fields - (where we found delights) today is paved and seems so short . . . Where have all the berries gone? Aug. 13, 2022 For JCB Brul's Childhood Nostalgia Poetry Contest

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Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 8/31/2022 5:06:00 PM

Congratulations! Excellent Tanka - the last line is superb ending! Love ~ Mala

Elizabeth Mccann

Date: 8/31/2022 3:00:00 PM

Each line is perfect, then the last is the berry on top! Nice set up of contrast: paved/berry. Enjoyed! Elizabeth

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 8/31/2022 2:44:00 PM

So very true of our fondest memories long past.Congratulations on your win Andrea! Linda

John Watt

Date: 8/31/2022 1:03:00 PM

Your write is both nostalgic and poignant in the "you can never go back" vein. Loved it, congrats for your win and hope you are having a fine day, my friend ~ John

Sam Kauffman

Date: 8/31/2022 11:32:00 AM

I love it when you write about your "grandpa's farm." Brings back memories of my grandparent's summer house. I also love the poignant comment on the ways progress intrudes on something so precious as a rural farm setting. Congratulations! Blessings.

Ann Peck

Date: 8/31/2022 10:18:00 AM

Isn't it sad what we've done to the past? And how things that seemed so big have shrunk...I love your poem, Andrea. Congratulations on First!

Francine Roberts

Date: 8/31/2022 8:34:00 AM

love this ANDREA, the road to our old cabin at the lake is paved now, I hate it

Terry Miller

Date: 8/31/2022 5:45:00 AM

Wow, I love this; congratulations!

Howard Kerr

Date: 8/31/2022 5:18:00 AM

Andrea, Heartiest congratulations on your first place podium selection with this delightful entry. It’s the very essence of nostalgic charm. Concise and creative Howard

Christuraj Alex

Date: 8/31/2022 4:19:00 AM

Nostalgically great!~ Congratulations!

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 8/31/2022 3:56:00 AM

Excellent! Love this! When I was little, the woods behind my house seemed big but not so when I was older. Congratulations on your win!

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/25/2022 11:54:00 AM

Being fond of farms and corn, that last line delighted me.

Jennifer Walker

Date: 8/16/2022 5:53:00 PM

Is the dirt lane really paved now? I haven't been back to see our Grandparents home for ages, but the last time I went it seemed the same.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/16/2022 6:58:00 PM

Don't give it away, jenny. I was using poetic license to show it radically changed. Haha actually the whole place looks SO different. The house totally different. And it seemed so small to me compared to how it seemed when we were young