Leather covered album
my fingerprints etched in dust
black pages smelling faintly of time
still pure in color
not faded with sun.
images unrecalled.
The pages are warm from hibernation
as I turn them.
Images, black and white, burst out
in colorful memories.
A summer day filled with laughter
laying in the grass watching clouds.
Saturday at the movies
a first kiss.
Cold lemonade on the front porch.
Lips red from popsicles from
the Good Humor truck.
Yesterday, for a moment, is now
until the book closes
is put back on the shelf
to await rebirth.
Author notes
"A photograph is something you can look at and remember the old times." Nayeli Garcia
Prompt: Vintage Sunday
Picture Credit: picture by ampi5628 (http://photobucket.com/ampi5628/Grandparents.jpg)
A contest entry
- vintage sunday by adsaige.
300 points, ended June 25, 2008, 17 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Critical Comments Always Welcome
Comments
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I just read this again. I still love it as much if not more than last read.
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i like this alot, it's a different take on the prompt which i really do like alot. i thank you for taking the time to enter the contest and waiting patiently for me to judge.
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I love this.
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Aww how sentimental and sweet. Great write as always. I wish you the best!
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