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Crop Dusters, Porch Swings and Home

June 23, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner

Arkansas…

sister-cousins

sister-cousins

Sunrise

over rice fields,

crop dusters soar and dip,

cousins down the road, memories,

sunsets.

Texas…

porch swing days - Munger Place, Dallas

porch swing days

Porch swing

days, early blooms,

margaritas and Mavs,

cowboys and music, neighbors who

gather.

 

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Musical Pairing:

Back Down South, Kings of Leon

Filed Under: Arkansas, Family, Memories, Writing Tagged With: Dallas, family memories, home, Mississippi County, Mississippi Delta, Munger Place, poetry, porch swing

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Comments

  1. Barbara Tate says

    June 23, 2014 at 8:52 am

    What a treat this morning, to be greeted by the picture of you, Staci, and Lesa. “Cousins down the road…….” Enjoyed this very much. Such memories………….

  2. Colene says

    June 23, 2014 at 11:24 am

    Very nice! Are you torn between the two? You seem to make the most of both.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      June 24, 2014 at 6:48 am

      Yes I’m torn but it’s nice to be able to come and go between the two:))

  3. Bryan Jones says

    June 23, 2014 at 6:40 pm

    pretty cool, went to Memphis early Saturday and saw probably every cropduster between here and there working in the morning mist, good times, great memories!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      June 24, 2014 at 6:44 am

      They probably have a lot of work with all the rain…

  4. Dorothy Johnson says

    June 24, 2014 at 3:45 am

    Nostalgic and lovely, both verse and pictures.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      June 24, 2014 at 6:45 am

      Thanks friend!

  5. Jenny Deiser says

    June 29, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    It brings back memories of sitting on a porch swing with my mom, sweet delights of the past.

    • http://www.lareddelgolfo.org/ says

      January 5, 2017 at 12:13 pm

      Art, Will you just spare me and cut me off with a chainsaw?! I don’t want to be part of you anymore as I believe you can get an enhancement and replace me with a bigger nose than the one that is already on your shovel-faced mug.Happily and waiting for your reply/action, Art’s Chode


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

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