"Be Home Before the Streetlights Come On"

"Be Home Before the Streetlights Come On"

I'd head out to play

after dinner with

that mandate running

through my mind.

I'd join in the game

of the night--hide

and seek or tag,

catch or kickball.

My friends and I

could see time slip

away as the sun

crept down and

the natural light

grew dimmer.

As all around us

turned gray, we

would stop play

then begin to

make our way

home before the

streetlights came on.

The prompt for Day 20 of the PAD Challenge--Dark. It's hard to believe we are in the homestretch of the challenge.

Links

April 27  South Branch Library Poetry Reading and Open Mic

Sandra Moran Radio Book Club

Natural Companions Video

Art of Improvisation Video Aug. 31, 2018

Jazz Improv and Poetry Video April 5, 2018 

Kansas Time + Place

Poetic Asides

Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day

Tuesday Photo-Childhood

 

 

 

This week's Wordsmith Studio Photo Prompt is Childhood. I decided to show you a couple of things that I have in my home that also were in my childhood home.

 

The first is a photograph of my maternal grandmother. My mother kept it on the buffet in the dining room. I keep it on a table in the living room. I didn't really know my grandmother, but I look like her. So much so that it gave me a start the first time I saw this picture.

 

The second piece is a lamp my mother had in the living room. I have it in my living room, too. I'm just giving you a taste of what it looks like. It has a yellow glass base, and I would say it is from the mid-1950's. I repainted the bottom area once and replaced the cord and socket. I'm trying to keep it going as long as I can.

 

What reminds you of childhood? Take a picture of it and post a link in the comments section on the Wordsmith Studio blog post. Thanks to Rebecca Barray for this prompt.

 

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