Tattered Memories

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Sponsor, Mark Toney, Theme - Childhood Memories, Judged, 12/11/2024

Tattered Memories, Written, December 6, 2024

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Poetry/Free Verse/Tattered Memories
Copyright Protected, ID 12-1691-209-06
All Rights Reserved, 2024, Constance La France
Copying any part of this work is prohibited without permission

Submitted to International Contest, YOU CHOOSE 2024
Sponsor, Brian Strand, Judged 12/25/2024

Third Place

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I open the book of time once more and again where pages are engraved in my mind the worn old pages- all tattered and yellow oh, here is the house of my childhood and my memories come twirling the smell of old wood and the stained glass the french doors and the long curved staircase my little room overlooking the garden and the big claw foot bathtub- a lake to a child the kitchen old and cozy with wonderful smells mom humming as she cooks a little girl playing quietly on the front porch with long hair in tangles and rosy cheeks and grandma rocking and rocking and knitting and I hear dad busy in his workshop my baby brother in his stroller sleeping oh, the happiness a child's table set for tea and dolls a real teapot and some china cups from grandma my kitty cat Snowball asleep on one chair I walk up the shady street of my memory down that big hill where I rode my bike to the end of our quiet dappled street and into a green park full of bird songs oh yes, water lilies float on the pond and white swans and ducks drift\ Poetry/Free Verse/Tattered Memories Copyright Protected, ID 12-1691-209-06 All Rights Reserved, 2024, Constance La France Copying any part of this work is prohibited without permission

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 1/5/2025 6:39:00 AM

Congratulations on your winner in Brian's contest. Creative and expressive lines. Thanks for sharing this winner with us. Sara K

Constance La France
Date: 1/5/2025 11:40:00 AM

Sara, thank you for the congratulations and for the compliment~

Unseeking Seeker

Date: 12/11/2024 7:01:00 PM

Soothing soulful musings, Constance, of joyous childhood years, cradled by elders where all that was, was love. Perhaps as we age now, we attempt to again become as such.

Constance La France
Date: 12/12/2024 2:50:00 PM

Seeker, thank you for the nice comment, appreciate, blessings

Mark Toney

Date: 12/11/2024 1:00:00 PM

Thank you for supporting my Flash Poetry Challenge, Constance. Your poem was randomly chosen to feature in my 'Results' blog, which is now up and running. Your memories, though tattered, are truly a treasure. I appreciate your sharing them.

Constance La France
Date: 12/12/2024 2:51:00 PM

Mark, thank you for the inspiration and challege and for selecting my poem for mention, appreciate, blessings