Homeplace Poems - Poems about Homeplace

Carolina home In the great Palmetto State Place where I was born Boy was free to roam On a ninety-acre farm Free from fear and harm In dirt, sand or mud We sandlappers had it all To work, play, or brawl Turning the dark dirt Putting the hounds on the trail Tussling with cousins Having dirt clog fights Making toys out of pine bark Plowing fertile fields Running through the...

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The old, columned front porch is sagging Sad shutters hang on the bias abandoned, Broken panes neglected as weather crept in Still their silent voices call out with warmest hospitality. [Lind30WCU, 7,7,7,9] FIRST PLACE WINNER Written January 26, 2022 especially for "Lind30WCU Poetry Contest" sponsored by Chantelle Anne Cooke...

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Lovely sight I behold, fall delight sheathed in gold. Childhood swing, chosen tree. Deep-wood path beckons me. Rough wood fence . . . all of these, stuff of sweet memories. Picture 2 August 17, 2021 entered in the In Essence 2 Poetry Contest Placed 1st Sponsor: Joseph May August 28, 2021 Contest Title: Bite Size Poem No. 19 ...

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I sift this charred and barren earth for one small piece of yesterday Though all has melted like winter ice before a fierce and ruthless fire. The mansion house, its lattice green and columns white, ...

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~~~ My old homeplace was left to deteriorate A shambles of disarray showing it’s elderly state Porch and door gray and weary from the years Of wind and storm flailing their bitter beams Ferns grow haphazardly along the garden edge Whispers of disrepair shadowing the staircase Making everything appear dismal and worn Humbled house that was once my lovely home Vines cling to the...

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It’s now just an old run down structure With broken window panes and all With hinges rusting away with time And cold air rushing down the hall But once it housed our family And kept us together back then With the fireplace blazing with all its might To equalize that howling wind And there was...

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Apricot sunrise that changes Fast turning to gold Whispy angels' wings dot a blue sky Fog shawls the forest bold Coyotes yap yap in the woods One lone lookout crow caws As the roosters crow the sun up The sun wakes diamonds' awe A glistening dew caresses all; Lingers; kisses leaf and grass Pecan's silhouette dark design Crows caw increase with sass What a blessed...

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Here further down the hillside slope Down close to the creek with hope My husband bought a house, land Fenced in and made many plans Subdued the land to cow pasture And planted a garden, fruit trees sure Fathered another child to call him sir The creek seemed to like the stir Enjoyed the children for a little while___ Loved them so that it...

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