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For Sara Kendrick's Pick Your Topic And Form Then Let Go Poetry Contest

On the Field

There was a field behind my childhood home.
It was enormous and surrounded by
a tangled woods in which we used to roam.
We’d lay on grass and watch clouds in the sky
sometimes when we would play on summer days.
We called it “Ball park,” though it had no name
that I recall, and in my tomboy phase,
I loved to go there for a kickball game.
Like baseball was that game, but with no bat.
You’d kick the big ball rolled toward your foot,
then run the bases – as easy as that.
It was no time to be going barefoot!
But other times with bare feet we would run
beneath the sun on that field  - having fun.
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Kerr Avatar
September 22, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Andrea, Congratulations on your win with this from the heart authentic, genuine, wistful, work.❤️💕⭐ I enjoyed it immensely. Howard
bard Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 11:35 PM
bard Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
meant also say I love this nostalgic poem
Dietrich Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Hmmm. I was always barefoot. Even now I go barefoot in my house and even in winter I will walk to mailbox in bare feet unless snow is on the ground!
Dietrich Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Thanks
bard Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Good day Andrea Called my book the Barefoot Bard for obvious reasons . The love of bare feet continues into my late seventies . Check out The Well Dressed Man among my poems. Never see or hear kids in parks playgrounds backyards or streets these days All self imprisoned in their rooms on their screens , blessings Douglas
Gasun Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Thanks for sharing your nice childhood experience on the field through this wonderful childhood experience my dear poet friend Andrea. Belated Congrats on your win. I enjoyed this. Belated Happy Valentines too. Sorry for the late visit and greetings coz of time constraint to stay longer at PS.I hope I can stay longer after summer class. Blessings to you always. Sending lots of hugs
Dietrich Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Thanks, Len. By the way, the school where I worked went bankrupt last year. I lost a months pay owed me, but I had hip surgery coming up and I am now happy to have been forced into retirement at age 70!! Life is almost totally stress free. I just worry for family members that are having problems.
Kendrick Avatar
February 20, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Thank you for sharing this one in my contest. Congratulations on it being on the winners' list. Way to go. I can remember those carefree, so it seemed childhood days, similar but not exactly alike. Sara K
Crandall Avatar
February 18, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I remember playing kickball. What fun! Great poem sharing magical times!
Dietrich Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Kickball rocks!
Narain Avatar
February 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I used to play soccer like that. It is fun to play at young age. Getting spanked for not doing homework was no fun at all.
Dietrich Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Ha! I never got spanked. I did homework without being asked!
Hind Avatar
February 16, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I grew up playing that too. LOVED it. <3
Dietrich Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Do fun
Parker Avatar
February 16, 2026 at 7:43 AM
we had a field like this until the city decided to dump all the leaves they collected into giant piles...so we made forts from them
Dietrich Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Good for you!
Sinha-Roy Avatar
February 15, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Very nice nostalgic write,
Dietrich Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Thanks
George Avatar
February 15, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Sweet childhood memories that would make anyone nostalgic. I feel it was my childhood you were celebrating. I too was a wanderer of woods and fields. Sweet reminiscences. All the Best.
Dietrich Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 10:17 AM
We can't go back
Etgen-Baker Avatar
February 15, 2026 at 5:12 PM
reminds me of my 'tomboy' phase...we had a similar field across from our home....no trees just high weeds...we secretly built our own field of dreams. Enjoyed!
Dietrich Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Those were the days
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