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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"

Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2011

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Treasa Jarvis Date: 6/27/2011 8:49:00 PM Congrats on your win. Very nicely done..:) Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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..! Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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! Login to Reply

Don Johnson Date: 6/25/2011 6:06:00 PM Stolen fragments of the past, childish memories that last:) great poem babe, xo, Don Login to Reply

Wilma Neels Date: 6/25/2011 1:03:00 PM Andrea, congratulations on your win in Constance's contest, love Wilma Login to Reply

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 :) Login to Reply

Tahera Mannan Date: 6/25/2011 5:20:00 AM So true Andrea. Lovely luv. many congrats for this win. Login to Reply

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:) Login to Reply

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! :) Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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) Login to Reply

Dr.Ram Mehta Date: 6/24/2011 5:59:00 PM My congratulations on the secondplace win in the contest, Andrea Login to Reply

Elaine George Date: 6/24/2011 5:49:00 PM I knew this would top the winners circle, Andrea. Many congrats. Lainie Login to Reply

Cory Long Date: 6/24/2011 4:26:00 PM congrats on your win with this stunning entry, cory Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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.. Login to Reply

James Foulk Date: 6/24/2011 12:46:00 PM a great piece of work Adrea, really enjoyed this one, good luck in contest. Login to Reply

Elaine George Date: 6/24/2011 9:11:00 AM Beautiful, Andrea. A winner for sure. Lainie Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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.... Login to Reply

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 Login to Reply

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