A Distant Family
A free verse nostalgia poem.3 total reviews
Comment from Mark Kuglin
That was a delightful poem...Nicely done.
It was touching, told your story and evoked emotions of nostalgia.
Best of luck in the contest.
I hope you do well.
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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That was a delightful poem...Nicely done.
It was touching, told your story and evoked emotions of nostalgia.
Best of luck in the contest.
I hope you do well.
Comment Written 10-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 11-Feb-2023
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Thank you so much, Mark.
Thanks for taking the time to
read and review my poem
with 5 stars. I just found out
I came in 3rd. Blessings ~
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My pleasure, Regina.
Congrats on your finish.
It's always nice to know how your work stacks up against others.
It acknowledges improvement and motivates one to keep going and to try other things.
Comment from RodG
Your poem has such a happy ring to it as you list all the happy things you did growing up in a family of five children in the 60s. And then you surprise us by telling us there were no reunions and you were estranged from your mother. But your message comes through clearly that family times WERE the best times. I especially like these lines:
The ongoing Vietnam War-
as my mother and I wept
of its tragic toll on our
youthful soldiers.
Rod
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2023
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Your poem has such a happy ring to it as you list all the happy things you did growing up in a family of five children in the 60s. And then you surprise us by telling us there were no reunions and you were estranged from your mother. But your message comes through clearly that family times WERE the best times. I especially like these lines:
The ongoing Vietnam War-
as my mother and I wept
of its tragic toll on our
youthful soldiers.
Rod
Comment Written 07-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2023
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Hello Rod, sometimes family
estrangement can come
on gradually, and at other
times quickly. I wanted to
write that it was a culmination of circumstances, but I felt it
would make the poem too
long. What was evident as
we got into our teen years,
the oldest and youngest
siblings were heavily favored.
Neither one of them is any
better of a person then us
three in the middle. My
63 year old brother in the
middle doesn't want to talk
about it anymore, my other
middle brother hasn't been
active with keeping up with us
two. I'm 65, and what helps
is penning emotions and
memories. Some families
remain close, some don't.
But I've got the Lord. I hope
you have an inspirational
week.Thank you so much
for the 5 star review. Many
blessings to you. ~
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You are very welcome.
Comment from dragonpoet
Hi,
This poem congers up a lot of memories for me. I watched all the shows mentioned and I still listen to songs of the 60s and 70s.
I think it is sad when families break up like this. They are meant to be together to help each other through bad times. I am lucky to have a close family.
Keep writing and stay healthy.
Good luck in the contest.
Joan
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2023
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Hi,
This poem congers up a lot of memories for me. I watched all the shows mentioned and I still listen to songs of the 60s and 70s.
I think it is sad when families break up like this. They are meant to be together to help each other through bad times. I am lucky to have a close family.
Keep writing and stay healthy.
Good luck in the contest.
Joan
Comment Written 07-Feb-2023
reply by the author on 07-Feb-2023
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Hello Joan, it's sad when
a family scatters apart. But
I've got the Lord in my life. I
keep in contact with one of
my middle brothers, my other
middle brother just wants to
keep to himself. We're in
our 60's, but I still love to
write about the good old days. Thank you so much
for the 5 star review. It's nice
to communicate with another
poet who grew up in that
Era. Many blessings to you.
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Don't mention it. When I go visit my family sola, I stay at my older sister's house. And we have one night of a family reunion with sisters, brothers and extended family.
Joan