Kenneth Standish 1912-1919
...Kenneth Standish
1912-1919
We lived on Newlin Street in a gray house,
Across from the Catholic church, St. Mary’s.
I loved going to the Mass every morning,
Which I did daily with my shirt tuck...
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Categories:
shirttail, childhood,
Form: Epitaph
Southern Tales -
...He drops the tailgate on that old GMC truck
using it as a makeshift workbench
He tinkers with an old icemaker
determined to bring it back to it's former glory
He whistles an old country tune as ...
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Categories:
shirttail, blessing, culture, family, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Shirttails
...Son, would you tuck in your shirttail
Was something often heard
At home when I was a youngster
With harsher action inferred
My otherwise kind hearted Mother
Had shirttails as a pet peeve
That...
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Categories:
shirttail, funny, mother,
Form: Cowboy Poetry