Grandpa H. and I - a Poem for Friday Writings

My Grandfather and Grandmother in 1957
(photo originally posted 2010 [URL])

  He Influenced Me; Grandpa H. 

Grandpa H. has changed my life 

Even now I sense his pull 

Good habits and bad, them all 

Some I've kicked, others remain 

Favorite was the rides with him 

It was me and him alone 

I liked his cars, Buicks new 

First off install his spittoon 

Grandpa with tobacco chewed 

Kissed we kids juice smeared our cheeks 

And did I chew,  why of course 

Nasty habit.  Place to spit? 

On our rides stop signs I liked 

"Stop! 'S' 'T' 'O' 'P'," he'd spell, 

"Stop, take off panties," he called 

Never understood it all 

Many more that I could tell 

A few chapters in my book 

Uncles, Grandpa, and Grandma 

My photo, 2006 (URL) From left to right: My Dad, Uncle Lester, Uncle Howard, Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Chester in 1940s photo taken at Grandpa's farm. The car was Dad's blue 1938 Ford Tudor Deluxe

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 - Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2006 and 2010 (Photos) and 2024 (Poem), All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Magaly Guerrero for hosting with Friday Writings #116 at 

        https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/?m=1 

 -  Magaly is taking over Rommy's prompt which is to ask you to write about someone who made an impression on you as a child (for good or ill).

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Snowmoon Write -- for Haibun Monday

©iStockphoto.com/Wouter van Caspel

 

Snowmoon Last Night 

    Driving home last night we pulled over to view.  Just above the horizon was a magnificent scene, the moon, a February Full moon in bloom.  It was  showing its features as white with an orange tinted background.  It's name, being in February is the Snowmoon, heralding in falling snow, the kind the kids' snowmen are made of.  

    But being in Southeast Texas, close to the Gulf of Mexico shore, we won't be having snow this year.  The chances are gone for that come midmonth February.  Our temperatures are now in the 70, 80, and a few 90Fs from here on out.  Yes, we may have a cold wave come in from the north but still no snow for us.  That comes about once every ten years. 

    And anyway, we enjoy seeing this moon in full with no snow, it is sooo very pretty.  Maybe next year. 

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Snowmoon, Snowmoon, where 

Where can we see snow you'd bring 

Old home, Nebraska? 

Our back yard a few years ago 
[click picture for larger view, it's really pretty]

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 - Bottom Photo and Haibun Write, Copyright Jimmiehov 2021 (URL) and 2024, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Frank J Tassone for dVerse Haibun Monday at 

    https://dversepoets.com/2024/02/26/haibun-monday-2-26-24-snow-moon/ 

 - Click here to read other writers' writing for the prompt, "SnowMoon"

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Lesson Learned - a Poem for dVerse

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  I Went Walking

day i went walking 

i'd walked a ways 

day i learned a lesson

learned of birds and bees 

a bunch of bees 

mourning that morn

a dead deer in the ditch

killed by a car

hawks hogging on its meat

hawks get hungry 

bees stay busy 

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 - Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2008 (URL) and 2024, All Rights Reserved 

 - I'm linked with Djorn at dVerse here,

https://dversepoets.com/2024/02/22/meet-the-bar-with-a-beat/ 

    Click here to read of others using this form as described at the link above.  I wrote too late to make roll call there, but I enjoyed giving this an attempt.   

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