You wore a light blue dress
It was such a pretty shade
I remember sitting on your knee
safe and unafraid
The blue dress had a silver zip
With a hoop so big and round
I played with it for ages
And I never made a sound
I remember your blue dress
Your safe and warm embrace
I can close my eyes and see myself
Looking upon your face
You remember that blue dress
Which you bought at David Jones
You smile at me and say
"Oh yes, they had the nicest clothes'
So now I am much older
And we are such great friends
But I will always remember you
In that pretty light blue dress
Author notes
Images of my mother in a particular blue dress is one that I often see when I try to think back to my earliest childhood. I really loved that dress and I can picture it exactly in my mind. I particularly loved the zip, I really did spend hours playing with the big silver hoop attached to it.
I showed my Mum this poem on Mothers Day she laughed and said, "Oh yes, whenever I wore it when I picked you up from school, you'd run out and say 'Mummy I love that dress' evertime!" I don't remember that.
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A contest entry
- A TRIBUTE TO MOTHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by Talking Toni.
450 points, ended May 17, 2008, 35 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Beautiful memory. Beautiful poem. Isn't poetry great for capturing and polishing golden memories like this one?
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Yeah and best of all, Mum loved it!!
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What a sweet................
and enchanting piece you have penned of your early childhood memories with your mother in her blue dress. Funny how little things like that are the things we remember best huh...Thanks for your entry and the best of luck in the contest!!!~~Toni~~
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