Wabi-Sabi Matching Contest - 2 - July 2017 • Millikin University

 

wooded crosses
planted . . .
pets of the past

the gray muzzled dog
climbs into the truck
one more hunt

handmade duck call
on a cold December morning
always brings them in

dad's jackknife
blade much thinner
decades aginst the stone

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old red truck
dented and worn
paid for

sixteen years old
Grandpa's old truck
new to me

old moonshine bottle
holds the good stuff
one more sip

in the basement
hidden behind the boxes
grandfather's blackberry wine

 

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Elvis Presley
record
dancing in the living room

deserted country road
dancing to
our own music

in the mailbox
a name and address
from long ago

yellowing yearbook pages
autographs
of not so famous people

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thirty years have passed
mother daughter
wedding dress

in the jewelry box
a broken strand of pearls
worn on her wedding day

generations
around this table built with love
. . . not quite square

rustic chair
on grandma's porch
morning coffee

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one loud thud
crash
we count the rings

the breeze pushes
raindrops
on the tire swing

church steeple
peaks out
above the treetops

never taken to church
adding names
to those of the past

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crack in the upper pane
baseball
hit 35 years ago

neighborhood bar
torn and faded dollar
framed on the wall

hidden
behind the gate
traces of the past

like an old friend
I visit in the fall
my hunting boots