I’ve seen this one posted in a couple of places online recently and, of course, me being me, I bookmarked the page to download the template and, apparently, totally forgot to bookmark the actual blogs where I read some beautiful examples. Duh!
Anyway, inspired, and with the New Year coming up, here’s my version.
I am from bookshelves,
From spiral bound notebooks, and h2 lead pencils.
I am from an ever rotating number of military homes spread across the globe,
Safe and warm, and smelling of bees wax and polish.
I am from freshly cut roses
Smelling softly of summer and rain.
I am from board games and frugality,
From Emily and Jack.
I am from doers and readers,
From a tradition of military service and sacrifice,
Brought up Church of England, and Sunday school.
I’m from German, Scottish, Irish, and English ancestry.
I’m from strong English tea and fruit cake,
From Mary Anne and jelly babies, and rose bushes in full bloom.
To the kindness of Margaret, who made me soup.
Leaving me with a heart full of love, memories, and black and white photos
That tell a story of lives well lived.
Wow! Most children of military families don’t paint such a rosy (pun sort of intended) picture of their childhood. That speaks so well of your parents!
I come from a big family, with lots of aunts, uncles and cousins too. So I think even though we moved around, a lot, my parents did their best to make sure we really lived in the moment where ever we were stationed.
This is lovely!!!
Thank you, Kim. It was a fun exercise to write.
This is absolutely lovely. I am so wowed by how well these poems come out. It’s like a special sort of magic.
Thank you, Elisabeth. I was quite surprised at how well it came out, as well. And yes, it is magic. All the happy memories the exercise stirs up in the process.
I love this. I want all of our blogging community to do these poems so we can put them in a little book. How special would that be?
I still need to do mine! But yours was excellent. <3
Aw, thank you, Stephany, I really appreciate that. And I love the idea of doing these in a book, how fun would that be?