Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Short Creek Valley Comments
Rating: ★4.8
I've often said that I grew up
in a boyhood's perfect paradise
and here's a little bit of evidence.
If paradise has a water source,
...
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8/2/2025 5:41:18 PM # 1.0.0
Today is a day for nostalgia. Just read Pamela Sinicrope's Cornfleids.., and feel Short Creek an extension of that growth of us all. Your words ring true as a clear summer day. I love the acknowledgment that our world has grown so much from those days. Our world view has to be over-powering, our understanding immense, so distant from Whitman's a single Leaf of Grass. Thanks, Barry
Thank you Marianne. It was actually reading Pamela's poem that led me to post this nostalgia poem. I'm glad you liked it. Yes, the world has grown and in some ways good and in some ways not so good. If I could go back in time, I would.