There were wolves in Wales

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    There were wolves in Wales




    Once,
    When giants roamed, walked and ruled this land,
    snow sparkled under a clear blue sky.
    The magic world was an adventure!
    When the window cleared of frost paintings,
    Slush dams and cold water ran for us.
    Then,
    Bright yellow crocus and pussy willows,
    robins hide their nests for us to find…
    blue eggs like jewels in a mud dish!
    Unknown and mysterious live things,
    an endless spring with ponds of tadpoles.
    And,
    An endless car trip in the back seat
    with summer at the lake as reward.
    The field in back, became a jungle
    of goldenrod, grass and sticky weeds.
    Songs , buzzes sought, became grasshoppers.
    Unannounced,
    Jack Frost and Halloween candy came
    followed by a birthday cake and milk.
    Leaves turned to a gold and red snowstorm,
    were raked into soft piles to play in.
    The robins left us with milkweed down.
    Once
    There was.

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    Hiporlacking commented on There were wolves in Wales

    10-23-2009

    You know, there are things we forget about in every memory we have. But, the season never seems to be one of them.

    dherrington commented on There were wolves in Wales

    07-12-2009

    back in the day, when pussy wasn't an obscenity and there was only one kind of milk ...when kids were happy with what they had 'cause they didn't spend all day and night in front of the tv watching commercials and cartoons... and the blessing of all blessings: kids were taught manners!

    HarverTomsson commented on There were wolves in Wales

    06-12-2009

    But what deos any of this have to do with Wales or wolves? Oh, refer to poem titled: Let's Be Obtuse. Now I get it.

    twayneking commented on There were wolves in Wales

    03-06-2009

    Very nice cycle of life piece...

    Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

    Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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