Play time remembered -- -- a Poem for dVerse Poetics

I let Adi (aka Duke for this poem) pick our route. 

She likes the au naturel places

  A Place and a Space 

A place I still remember 

it's often in my mind 

A place where me and my 

dog could come and play 

A place where I could hide 

hide from folks and worry 

The place remains, there still 

the place where rabbits play 

But I no longer can go 

nor the dog, she's long dead 

The space is there as well 

we just don't go there either 

The space is a long long hill 

a place to sled when there's snow 

The space is in pasture land 

a place to ride my horse 

The space is smooth with hay grass 

a space to ride full gallop 

A place for small boys to come 

down the hill a long walk 

A place of solace for one 

 he and the dog can play 

Smoke a cigarette without 

adults telling no no 

A place to invite sister 

let the sister smoke one 

One cigarette made her sick 

she swore off smokes for life 

A swell place to get naked 

where no one else can see 

A place with water to wade 

barefoot pants rolled or off 

A place to slice down the banks 

dust clouds followed like smoke 

A place, wade through the tunnel 

'neath the road to neighbor's lake 

School program now, Santa said 

"I saw you down by my lake 

At a place seen, should not play 

caught, Santa belief left  

A place now here to tell, end 

end with the old Buick 

A place where half in buried

dirt, that car I could drive 

Buick, rusted sides, no top 

wooden steering wheel gone 

A place, Duke my dog and I 

drove all over the world 

The place is there still, alone 

only rabbits go there now 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved 

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    Poetics: Poetry of Place and Space | dVerse (dversepoets.com)    

Notes:

 - Ingrid has asked, "I urge you to write the poetry of the places and/or spaces which inspire you the most. It does not have to be natural scenery: choose a cityscape or even a cinema or shopping mall if you prefer. I simply want to know how place and space move you, and which places and spaces mean the most to you." 

 - This may be the last of having Ingrid to host with her such great ideas as her work is going to be more demanding of her time.  We will miss her.  

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