I often write things
that I fear are not worth reading
So, I tuck them neatly away
Fragile thoughts folded in upon themselves
The words fade and the pages yellow
As a memory floats into view
*
…of being ten years old
picking blackberries
in a blazing Texas summer sun
no clouds, no shade, no wind
while my cheeks burn red
my pail remains nearly empty
as i search endlessly
hand to mouth
for the One…
you know which I mean
the One that brightens your lips
in a triumphant juicy smile
of sweet buried treasure
once lost
now found
I eat far more than I put in my pail
it remains nearly empty
so tomorrow
there will be no cobbler
or biscuit jam
tonight
there will be no need of dinner
or dessert
only a cool bath gently run
to soothe my fiery skin
the search was everything
it filled me and fed me
left me weary
in the nicest of ways
sleep will surely come
claiming me for its restful own…
*
Tucked away somewhere
Are some yellowed pages bearing faded words
That I should wander through
It is time
To take them out of hiding
Unfold them
And see if anything has ripened
Sweet enough
To fill a nearly empty pail
Perhaps,
In the morning
We shall have biscuits with blackberry jam
And in the evening
Warm cobbler with cold ice cream
And after that,
When the stars come forth to shine
And the fireflies begin their nightly tango
We shall sleep the weary peaceful sleep
Of being ten years old
At the end of a perfect summer’s day
****
ellie894 June 4, 2019
Do take out the folded pages, Suzanne. Take them out and share their sweetness with us.
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Such sweet encouragement…thank you Brad so very kindly 🌷☺️
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Wow! This is fantastic!! It brought a smile AND goosebumps.
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Gosh! Thank you Liz!! I’m both humbled and honored, thank you very much. 😊
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You’re most welcome!
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Picking berries in woods is very therapeutic, Suzanne. The soul-comforting feeling is perfectly reflected in your beautiful writing.
The berry season hasn’t reached us yet, it comes in July and sometimes lasts until the middle of August. We take the kids to woods and pick blue berries in summer. We have some raspberry bushes in the garden. I’ll send you a few pictures when the time has come. Take care 😊❤️
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I so look forward to the photos. What a beautiful time with the children. How lovely to have delicate raspberries in your garden. I absolutely love blueberries.
Your beautiful thoughts touch my heart Isabelle. Happy you found comfort in it. Thank you dearly. Take care ☺️❤️
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This is so beautiful ellie, I agree with ‘tokens of companionship’.
More, please.
I almost tasted those sweet berries too… ❤
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With warmest thanks vhealing for your beautiful thoughts 🌷
My site is named for my sweet rescue pup miss ellie. Please feel free to call me suzanne if you like. But ellie is just right too 😊
Those berries that are just right…❤️
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This evokes that carefree feeling of childhood. Wonderful!
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Your thoughtful comment leaves me nostalgic. Thank you! 😊
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And the line ‘and the fireflies begin their nightly tango’. Excellent!
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I do love to watch them, Thank you kindly!
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A brilliant poem! The beautiful memories
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Thank you dearly Sadje! It’s lovely when the sweet ones make you smile 😊
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So true!
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A fitting tribute, to an obviously unforgettable day!
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With sunny and berry thanks! 😊
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This post warmed my heart so much! Your simplest ideas are perhaps the most lovely
and endearing! Thank you seems inadequate, but thank you so much!
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Your beautiful encouragement and thank you is far more than adequate! It’s warm and generous and I’m so very grateful for it! Thank you! 😊
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Oh wow this is just beautiful! All of it. Happy memories. 💞 and yes—please share more. 😊
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I’m touched by your sweet thoughts, thank you so very kindly for taking the time to read and share! 😊💕🎶
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My sincere delight! 😊
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I loved this! Your poem stirred up my own memories under a hot Arkansas sun, picking blackberries with my brother and sister…and of course, eating more than I put in the pail. 🙂♥️
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Is it even possible for a pail to be filled?! I have happy doubts. 😊. Thank you! 😊❤️
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Never be afraid to unfold your words and feelings like origami.
Your thoughts and poetry are always a tender blessing like a refreshing breeze on a hot summer day.
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Your lovely encouragement means so much to me, thank you 🌷
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Hope you are well.
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Thank you 😊
Hoping your enjoying your new surrounds 🎶
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Simply beautiful Ellie! Such wonderful words took me back in memory lane to my childhood and really touched my heart! Thank you for sharing!🙏💟
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I’m so very happy to know it brought you joy! Thank you for reading and taking the time to share such lovely thoughts. Do take care! 😊❤️
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“Warm cobbler with cold ice cream…” I surrender. What time shall I visit? Yum poem.
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I used to have a great big bear of a rescue dog who would pick his own blackberries. But he never learned to make cobbler. 🙃. Anytime is good for a visit over cobbler and ice cream! Thank you! 😊
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Absolutely beautiful! Your writing is so incredibly poetic – it just flows. I can only hope to be as good at writing as you one day (;
UniquelyMe❄️
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Please know that your lovely thoughts touch my heart. You are already a beautiful writer, better than you think you are. I believe in you 😊. Warm thanks and hugs 🌷
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Awh thank you so much lovely ❤️ That was really sweet of you! Looking forward to more posts!
UniquelyMe ❄️ xoxoxo
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Suzanne ❤️
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And the fireflies begin their nightly tango – what a lovely set of words, I can just see them now, and wish they were out my window as well. Thanks for such a vivid post!
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So happy you enjoyed it! Thank you kindly and have a beautiful evening 💫
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Fab, Ellie. And man, you have rasps already? I have a million blackberry bushes, 5 damson trees, a whole bunch of gooseberry bushes and at least 5 raspberry bushes in my garden, and nothing’s ready to eat yet, haha.
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You’re going to be full up on yummys when they all come ripe! What a great garden 😊. Thanks LittleFears!
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Ah…..Suzanne. This is so sweet it made me cry. How beautiful and inspiring. Thank You for this. Sending huge hugs Your way!!! 🤗💖😊
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Your lovely thoughts touch my heart. I’m happy to know they landed softly. Thank you very kindly Katy. You’re dear and talented. Hugs received and returned!!! 🤗💕🌷
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Absolutely my pleasure!!! Thank You for Your sweet words and hugs. Yay and Cheers!!! 🤗💖😊
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Cheers! 🤗💕☺️
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I loved Texas. I was station at Fort hood from 1994-1998. I loved the photos and the story. So much to do in Texas.
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I’m happy you spent some lovely years in Texas. It is a beautiful place to be. Thank you John ☺️
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You are welcome Ellie.
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You may sometimes think your words aren’t worth reading, but they’re definitely worth writing. Thank you.
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How very kind of you, thank you so much ☺️💕
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Every time I try to write about my childhood, I can never get the right “noumenon” that accurately leers into the sharpness of my memorial lucidity; you see? Those words, pictures, sensations, that swing vividly, like a child does unto a tree. I grew up as you have, by the blackberries, by junipers, by nettles, by small streams with lichen rolled with sticks and laden with tadpoles, but I cannot spin that into verse, I can not replicate that poetry, because I do not recall it in this language, but my own.
Yet you, you’ve given me a veritable taste of such distant innocence, intangible yet piercing, terribly further-out and so lovingly close. I’d really like to see you published one day, and hold such book, call it mine, mine and your own.
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When I read your verse and your thoughts such as these it makes me wish that I could read Portuguese. But, I cannot imagine that it would be any more beautiful than your English. Childhood moments in places such as these rather linger and live forever, don’t they. It’s a beautiful thing to live them and then many times over to recall and share them. My heart is touched by your lovely thoughts Johnny, thank you so very dearly. What a dream a book would be, perhaps one day… ☺️❤️
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Beautiful! It makes me miss my garden with its blackberries and blueberries and strawberries and the mixed berry pie is make from the few berries I was able to rescue and freeze.
Thanks for invoking my memories🌻
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Thank you kindly! I’m so happy it could bring you happy memories. Your pie sounds scrumptious 😊. Happy Berry moments just keep on and on, there is no end to them. Take care 🌷
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Appsolutly beautiful Suzanne it brought tear’s to my eyes, very well warded poem dear. 🌹
❤️✌️
BY FOR NOW
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Warmest thanks and hugs Dawn for your beautiful thoughts. 🌷
Take care ☺️❤️
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You’re welcome dear.
❤️✌️
BY FOR NOW
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You are correct, it was not worth reading… it was worth experiencing… beautiful post, Suzanne… 😊
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You have gifted me with a very warm smile 😊. Thank you kindly Matthew, take care 🌷
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Johnny, I am more touched than words can say 🌷
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