Ann Peck Poet Couplet

Post-Thanksgiving Blues

Children have gone, house settling down;
     sitting and sifting through memories found.
How quickly life passes--a grandma now
     I wish I could reverse the clock somehow.
I didn't know how quickly they would grow
     into their own lives--a world I don't know.

November 28, 2021
Bite Size Poem No. 28 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Line Gauthier
First Place!

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Line Gauthier November 13, 2022 at 5:09 PM Touching, Ann ~

Janice Canerdy December 11, 2021 at 6:55 AM I really love this poem! CONGRATS on your well-deserved first-place win, Ann! Janice Ann Peck December 11, 2021 at 12:36 PM Janice, that you for your nice comments :)

Paulette Calasibetta December 10, 2021 at 8:21 AM Congratulations on your 1st place win! Your words are in the hearts of those of us who have given our children "roots and wings".... Lovely. Blessings, Paulette

P.S. Awtry December 7, 2021 at 7:33 AM funny we long for just a minute of solitude in the midst of the child-rearing years and then we have too much of it -- Each season its gifts -- each season its sorrows :) Ann Peck December 7, 2021 at 4:01 PM Ah, P.S. ~ isn't that the truth! But I would still like to try it all over ~ and, of course, that would entail becoming younger :) Thanks for commenting!

Sam Kauffman December 6, 2021 at 9:29 AM Wonderfully stated Ann! Before we know it our children are grown with precious families of their own. Reminds me of the song Turn Around. I love your last line - "a world I don't know." Congratulations on your win. Hope your floor went in smoothly. We are making progress. Blessings. Ann Peck December 6, 2021 at 2:31 PM Hi Sam, Although I don't care for the dark color, my sons did an excellent job. It looks great! Good luck with the rest of your reconstruction! I remember Turn Around - Burl Ives sang it. Very poignant. Holidays are nostalgic times, I think. Blessings to you, Sam.

Charles Messina December 6, 2021 at 3:23 AM Amazing how we blink and poof...just like that life changes, people have grown...and so have we. Lovely, Ann. Congratulations on your 1st place win! Hugs Charlie Ann Peck December 6, 2021 at 8:38 AM You're right~it was poof. Working, helping them grow, building memories, time stealing years when we weren't looking :) Thanks for your comments, Charlie!

Beata Agustin December 6, 2021 at 12:30 AM Congrats! Thanks for sharing this... wisdom-filled observation, evoking nostalgic feelings. God bless you. Ann Peck January 24, 2022 at 10:50 AM I'm late in thanking you, but I so much appreciate your kind comments :)

Mystic Rose Rose December 5, 2021 at 1:22 PM Dear Ann, how quickly they do grow indeed and we too, as time passes we cherish the hugging moments of past and hope for more future ones despite the changes. Congrats on your 1st place win, I wonderful verse full of bittersweet emotion :) Ann Peck December 5, 2021 at 4:29 PM Thank you, Mystic Rose. It was a bittersweet time ~ the first we've all been together in years. They all live in NM, but busy with life. They call and my oldest came without wife twice before Thanksgiving. That was wonderful. Take care :)

Andrea Dietrich December 5, 2021 at 11:52 AM ahh, I see your Thanksgiving was like mine, being with relatives you have not been together with in a long time (answering your reply to my comment below) Ann Peck December 5, 2021 at 4:38 PM Yes, a great time, but nostalgic, too. Holidays are like that. I wrote something to go with Cats and then read the directions (for the musical contest). Cats isn't listed . I need to learn to read directions!! Take care :)

Paula Goldsmith December 5, 2021 at 11:18 AM Congratulations on your win. The years do go by very fast and then they are grown. Have a blessed day............ Ann Peck December 5, 2021 at 11:35 AM Yes, they go by and, before we know it, they're grown with their own. Thank you for your comments, Paula.

Lin Lane December 5, 2021 at 9:33 AM I am completely familiar and sadly attuned to your lines. Congratulations, Ann. Ann Peck December 5, 2021 at 10:38 AM It's hard sometimes, isn't it, Lin. Thank you for your comments!

Christuraj Alex December 5, 2021 at 7:51 AM A very grand work. Congratulations! Ann Peck December 5, 2021 at 11:05 AM Thank you, Christuraj! Children grow up, life goes on :)

Andrea Dietrich December 2, 2021 at 4:39 PM you know what, I think this is one that would really appeal to Line. Hope to see it a winner!! It's so true Ann Peck December 3, 2021 at 1:19 PM Thank you, Andrea. If not, I hope it makes the cut :) My sons, wives and I were together for the first Thanksgiving in many years. It was so wonderful and now so quiet ~ it left me sad. It is true ~ not easy to say goodbye. Thanks so much for your kind comments.

Ann Peck December 1, 2021 at 7:37 AM Hi Harry!~ Thanks for your comments! For three days the house rang with noise and laughter and now silence. Just me talking to my dogs :) Well, that's life as we stumble through age. I hope your holidays are happy!

Harry Horsman December 1, 2021 at 1:41 AM Wow it is so Ann, the feeling i know so well, now my Great Grandchildren, are soon to be teens, and yes their world, way out of my zone. Love this Poem.. A fav.

Rico Leffanta November 29, 2021 at 10:53 AM Back in my day, children were seen but not heard; now we need children to tell us how things work. My childhood was spent learning how to survive whereas children today must learn how to recharge their phone. Luckily, they are happy in their world! Aloha! Rico Leffanta November 30, 2021 at 10:22 AM Quite true, as they seem to think common courtesies are a sign of weakness . . . . Ann Peck November 29, 2021 at 2:14 PM So very true. In the process, they've forgotten small things like please and thank you, and they probably don't know how to survive. Before seen and not heard came child labor in factories so maybe we've made progress after all. Anyhow, happy holidays and aloha.

Eve Roper November 29, 2021 at 10:30 AM So very good, Ann. Yes, we grow old, children grow up, leave, and with their own family. We see them once in a while, but try to stay out of their lives so they can live in theirs. Ann Peck November 29, 2021 at 10:48 AM Thanks, Eve. I know that's the plan, but sometimes it's harder than others. :) Stay well and have happy holidays!

Joanna Daniel November 29, 2021 at 1:49 AM Sad, you have described the empty nest feeling beautifully, Ann:) Ann Peck November 29, 2021 at 7:48 AM I have, haven't I :) The thing is, it has been empty for a long time so I don't know why it hit me this year. Maybe because we were all together for a change. Hope you had a good one!

Debra L Brown November 28, 2021 at 8:27 PM Hi Ann, I enjoyed your poem. Good Luck in the contest...Blessings~ Debra Ann Peck November 29, 2021 at 7:51 AM Hi Debra. Thank you for your wishes and blessings. I hope your holidays are happy :)

Michelle Faulkner November 28, 2021 at 4:47 PM This is both sad and sweet, love your second line the most, a very good contender for the contest~ Ann Peck November 29, 2021 at 7:44 AM Thanks, Michelle. Don't know why I'm so sad. Even my dogs are depressed :) It was a fun three days. I hope you had a nice holiday. Sometimes holidays hold too many memories. I guess that's it. Take care.