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southern comfort

May 28, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner

GBE 2: Blog On, Week 106 – Writing Prompt: Comfort

Chenille bedspread, soft and worn, draped
Over line-dried sheets smelling of summer
Mornings, protect dreams after a day of play in cotton
Fields beyond the chicken coop in wide,
Open spaces offering
Room to
Think and be.

talya

Filed Under: Family, Farm, Life, Memories Tagged With: childhood

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Comments

  1. Dorothy Latimer Johnson says

    May 28, 2013 at 5:30 am

    Brings back memories of clothes lines, long summer days, but we were in town, so no chicken coops!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 31, 2013 at 4:01 am

      I loved playing in my aunt’s chicken coop!

  2. Tim Hardin says

    May 28, 2013 at 5:59 am

    Nothing like the smell of bed sheets after they’ve dried on the clothes line.=)

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 31, 2013 at 4:01 am

      I agree!

  3. Joyce Lansky says

    May 28, 2013 at 6:20 am

    That sounds comfy.

    http://joycelansky.blogspot.com

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 31, 2013 at 4:02 am

      I need to find a chenille bedspread on ebay…

  4. Heather @ The Beating Hearth says

    May 28, 2013 at 1:38 pm

    Sounds lovely!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 31, 2013 at 4:02 am

      thank you Heather!

  5. Debbie says

    May 28, 2013 at 10:12 pm

    Lovely poem and I can picture the bedspread.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 31, 2013 at 4:02 am

      Thank you Debbie!

  6. Cynthia @ Richly Middle Class says

    May 28, 2013 at 10:26 pm

    Beautiful poem. I love when you read something and you can visualize it.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 31, 2013 at 4:03 am

      Thank you Cynthia!

  7. drchoneydewcrm says

    May 29, 2013 at 10:44 am

    LOVE your zone!!!

  8. Stephtee says

    May 29, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    Beautiful poem!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 31, 2013 at 4:03 am

      Thank you so much!

  9. Susan ~ Today's Working Woman says

    June 2, 2013 at 10:35 am

    Your poem reminds me of days gone by…thanks for the memory!

    Susan Dusterhoft
    Today’s Working Woman
    todaysworkingwoman25.blogspot.com


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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