Re: Have I been replaced?????
Hickman, Tony [SAHC_RGH] wrote:
>
> Great work all you poets out there!
> Yesterday was National poets day here in Australia so the timing was great.
> Maybe someone should start another pumpkin poets page!
>
> Here's mine http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/hickman.html
>
> And here's a sample
>
> THE TRADITION
> That magic day has finally come
> It's time to plant my seed
> I go out to the shed to get the box
> Of all the things I'll need
> My lucky piece of sandpaper
> That my father gave to me
> He taught me how to sand the seed
> So it opens easily
> An aeration stone from an aquarium
> To bathe the seed in bubbles
> A spare packet of pumpkin seeds
> In case of any troubles
> My favourite plastic four inch pot
> The pumpkins first nursery
> It was used buy my Grandfather
> And handed down to me
> The old metal watering can
> Over the years it's lost its rose
> To gently water my seedlings
> I don't trust the garden hose
> And to bubble the seed my baby cup
> Given to me by my Mother
> I got it when I was two years old
> It belonged to my older brother
> The recipe for the raising soil
> Written on a box of matches
> That will feed the precious pumpkin seed
> Well after the baby hatches
> The family pumpkin diary
> Although its had some neglect
> Is good to read for growing tips
> Or to sit back and just reflect
> And here's a picture of Howard Dill
> The father of them all
> All during the pumpkin season
> It hangs proudly on the wall
> These things get used only once a year
> Then I carefully put them away
> I know if I look after them
> They'll be my child's one day
> I'd help my dad in the pumpkin patch
> We'd work and talk all day
> Not just about pumpkins
> We had lots of things to say
> We'd talk about the football game
> And he'd tell me about the war
> And I was kind of proud to leave my boots
> Next to his beside the door
> Grandad's gone and dads retired
> And now that I'm getting older
> When I'm working away in my pumpkin patch
> I know their looking over my shoulder
> We've never grown a pumpkin
> To win prizes or what ever
> It's become a family tradition
> It kind of keeps us close together
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Tony,
You have not been replaced, just admired!!!
--
Lyle "Rocky" Rockwell
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