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Stealing Time

"Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces"

                                           John Ruskin, 1853

Mom 
plants seeds
out back.  Cat
laps up her milk.
Father on the porch
reads his morning news, while
Sis and I plan juvenile 
pranks. A Saturday at home; then. . . 
Time, unbridled, brings us to the now.
Our flashbacks are the fragments that we stole.

Andrea Dietrich
6/22/11

For The Contest of Constance La France ~A Rambling Poet ~
"All the Little Pieces"

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Treasa Jarvis

Date: 6/27/2011 8:49:00 PM

Congrats on your win. Very nicely done..:)

Ashley Plotczyk

Date: 6/27/2011 8:32:00 PM

Nice work! :) Thanks for the congrats. Same to u. And my poem "under the spotlight" is entered into the football contest. Fingers crossed. Take care. -Ashley

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 6/27/2011 11:18:00 AM

Congratulations on your win in Constance's "All The Little Pieces" contest Andrea. Love, Carol

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 6/27/2011 8:47:00 AM

I can see you with that twinkle in your eye waiting to pull a prank. Enjoyed reading this great piece. love phyl

Joe Maverick

Date: 6/26/2011 11:30:00 PM

Great piece Andrea, i suppose ''all the little pieces we remember'' are making (one whole) as we each share a little on the soup..! your poem has touched me this day..!

Judy Ball

Date: 6/26/2011 3:15:00 PM

A fine piece my friend. I can see you sitting in the sunshine on the porch remembering other times. Nice job. God Bless, JB

Nette Onclaud

Date: 6/25/2011 10:53:00 PM

you packed a poetic wallop, andie.. congrats on your big win and the others before this.. whoot! :) huggs!

Don Johnson

Date: 6/25/2011 6:06:00 PM

Stolen fragments of the past, childish memories that last:) great poem babe, xo, Don

Wilma Neels

Date: 6/25/2011 1:03:00 PM

Andrea, congratulations on your win in Constance's contest, love Wilma

Dinda Minardi

Date: 6/25/2011 9:35:00 AM

Indeed, our flashbacks are the fragments that we stole... Nicely and creatively written, Andrea. Congrats to you too :)

Tahera Mannan

Date: 6/25/2011 5:20:00 AM

So true Andrea. Lovely luv. many congrats for this win.

Gert W. Knop

Date: 6/25/2011 2:55:00 AM

Enjoyed your Etheree today, Andrea! And my congrats on your win! The older we'll get the more important are those flashbacks!....Well done!...Gert:)

Nette Onclaud

Date: 6/24/2011 10:37:00 PM

the wins just keep on rolling, andie.. swell, swell! special congrtas on your hefty win with my huggs! :)

Audrey Haick

Date: 6/24/2011 8:30:00 PM

Excellent entry Andrea! No suprise at its top placement in the contest. Have a great weekend! Love, Annalise

Cyndi Macmillan

Date: 6/24/2011 6:43:00 PM

YES! A tight and tidy piece. Loved, especially, the last three lines. The play with the last words ..then...now. There was a pretty cheesy movie years ago...oh what was it...Bruce Willis...hmmm....Oh, yeah, Armegedon (ya, I know I spelled it wrong ;-) ) One of the last scenes, the character is about to die in a BIG way, and he has flashbacks of his life. All of his daughter, actually. All those precious moments, those mundane but unequal snapshots... Now, I AM rambling... Congrats Cyndi (TIRED)

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 6/24/2011 5:59:00 PM

My congratulations on the secondplace win in the contest, Andrea

Elaine George

Date: 6/24/2011 5:49:00 PM

I knew this would top the winners circle, Andrea. Many congrats. Lainie

Cory Long

Date: 6/24/2011 4:26:00 PM

congrats on your win with this stunning entry, cory

Michael J. Falotico

Date: 6/24/2011 3:42:00 PM

Stealing time and the contest lol... loved this the first time I read it...luv Michael

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 6/24/2011 3:03:00 PM

Congrats Andrea on your wonderful win in this contest with this creative poetry my friend.. glorious write.. luv your style .. enjoy my friend.. super awesome as always..

James Foulk

Date: 6/24/2011 12:46:00 PM

a great piece of work Adrea, really enjoyed this one, good luck in contest.

Elaine George

Date: 6/24/2011 9:11:00 AM

Beautiful, Andrea. A winner for sure. Lainie

Nette Onclaud

Date: 6/24/2011 9:05:00 AM

andie.. please read my " soup safari.." i mentioned you with respect: for pure fun.. hope you son;t mind! :) huggs, nette

Kacey Greenlee

Date: 6/24/2011 7:47:00 AM

Long time no talk lol'...Very nice indeed. All of your work is a deff. winner to me..Good luck love and thanks for my congrats on my recent win....

Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/24/2011 3:19:00 AM

Good one..Enjoyed reading this morn..Life happens and moves on..Good luck in the contest..Reads like a winner to me..Thanks for stopping by ..May your day be the greatest...Sara