GRANDMA'S APRON

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    GRANDMA'S APRON

    GRANDMA'S APRON

    Grandma's apron dabbed my tears
    And wiped the baby dry.
    Carried wood and eggs and fruit
    When she would work outside.
    We'd run and hide behind it
    When scared or needed warmed.
    It smelled just like the bread and pies
    She baked in early morn.
    She waved good-bye and cooled the food
    Her apron like a flag.
    It was really torn and tattered.
    Was a cradle for my dad.
    It's uses were so many.
    Just like another hand.
    But now it hangs just resting
    Beside her frying pan......

    By :MAFLongfellow

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    LenaMP commented on GRANDMA'S APRON

    07-29-2009

    I feel like I can see her in the kitchen using it for a pot holder, a fan and to dry her hands. You painted such a vivid pictures that you lead the reader right into her home and we can feel the love and tenderness. I loved this.

    MAFLongfellow

    07/30/2009

    SO GLAD U LIKED MY POEM LENA AND HAD A WONDERFUL GRANDMOTHER LIKE I DID. GRANDMA LONGFELLOW IS STILL MISSED BY MANY. SHE LIVED TO BE 95. POET FRIEND, MARILYN

    HarverTomsson commented on GRANDMA'S APRON

    07-29-2009

    Wheelsal touched on a sentiment that I was nurturing, but wanted to deliver it with a light touch. You have the gift for meter and rhyme. And this makes for relatively easy reading verse. Poetry gets to the nub of powerful imagry through strong precise verbs and employing the power of metaphor to illustrate. While this one contains one good one, "like a flag" yet I kept looking for the knckout line that never came.

    MAFLongfellow

    07/30/2009

    I BETTER CK OUT THIS POEM AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO FOR A BETTER KNOCKOUT LINE...THANKS FOR YOUR PRO. ADVICE I DO APPRECIATE IT HARVER, POET FRIEND, WHO CAN ALWAYS USE ALL THE HELP I CAN GET, MARILYN

    wheelsal commented on GRANDMA'S APRON

    07-17-2009

    Liked this a lot and you are on your way to being a poet. Sally

    MAFLongfellow

    07/17/2009

    GLAD YOU LIKED IT SALLY, THANKS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT, MARILYN

    kmeadows commented on GRANDMA'S APRON

    07-17-2009

    This was very beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes thinking of the apron just hanging there after her lifes work was finished. This is a wonderful tribute to an obviously special person. Great job!

    MAFLongfellow

    07/17/2009

    THANKS SO GLAD YOU LIKED. GRANDMA LIVED TO BE 95 AND WE STILL MISS HER,MARILYN

    CrG commented on GRANDMA'S APRON

    02-22-2009

    Very good thought content but too many conjunctions and useless words.

    MAFLongfellow

    07/17/2009

    THANKS, I'LL CK IT OUT AND FIX IT UP.MARILYN

    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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