Lara's Southern Porch Party & Poetry
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Lara
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- Mid-Atlantic Coast
That's beautiful and powerful, Meanderer. Thank you for posting it.
May our porch be a place where love abides...
May our porch be a place where love abides...
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Pappy
Living the Dream
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- Florida (transplanted New Yorker.)
Lara
Friend of the Arts
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- Mid-Atlantic Coast
Good to see you Pappy, Ken, and Meanderer. Southern cheers to friends and family...
I should not dare to leave my friend
I should not dare to leave my friend,
Because — because if he should die
While I was gone — and I — too late —
Should reach the Heart that wanted me —
If I should disappoint the eyes
That hunted — hunted so — to see —
And could not bear to shut until
They “noticed” me — they noticed me —
If I should stab the patient faith
So sure I’d come — so sure I’d come —
It listening — listening — went to sleep —
Telling my tardy name —
My Heart would wish it broke before —
Since breaking then — since breaking then —
Were useless as next morning’s sun —
Where midnight frosts — had lain-
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
I should not dare to leave my friend,
Because — because if he should die
While I was gone — and I — too late —
Should reach the Heart that wanted me —
If I should disappoint the eyes
That hunted — hunted so — to see —
And could not bear to shut until
They “noticed” me — they noticed me —
If I should stab the patient faith
So sure I’d come — so sure I’d come —
It listening — listening — went to sleep —
Telling my tardy name —
My Heart would wish it broke before —
Since breaking then — since breaking then —
Were useless as next morning’s sun —
Where midnight frosts — had lain-
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Lara
Friend of the Arts
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- Mid-Atlantic Coast
Lara
Friend of the Arts
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- Mid-Atlantic Coast
...more of "Summertime, and the Living is Easy"
Pappy
Living the Dream
- Location
- Florida (transplanted New Yorker.)
Lara
Friend of the Arts
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic Coast
Isn't that the truth Pappy.
And here's yet another successful front porch gathering
where the "folks converse, live, love, and laugh"
It soothes the soul...
And here's yet another successful front porch gathering
where the "folks converse, live, love, and laugh"
It soothes the soul...
Lara, I don't have a front porch or a back porch, but I do have a garden, nothing spectacular, but inspired by this thread I've had a simple swing installed. The heat of the day really flaked me out, but tonight when it got cooler, I sat on the swing, sharing a few beers with some old mates, I'll do it again. 
Lara
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- Mid-Atlantic Coast
You made my day, Timoc. That sounds like so much fun with your mates.Lara, I don't have a front porch or a back porch, but I do have a garden, nothing spectacular, but inspired by this thread I've had a simple swing installed. The heat of the day really flaked me out, but tonight when it got cooler, I sat on the swing, sharing a few beers with some old mates, I'll do it again.
Also, maybe enjoy a warm cup of tea early in the morning on your new swing in your garden before the weather turns hot, and a good book. Or perhaps listen to your favorite music like the "Summertime" song in post #408. Early morning is a wonderful time for listening to sounds of nature too, like songbirds.
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Lara
Friend of the Arts
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- Mid-Atlantic Coast
Well, bless your little heart
Lara
Friend of the Arts
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- Mid-Atlantic Coast
RadishRose
SF VIP
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- Connecticut, USA
I fell off the porch once does that count?
Lara
Friend of the Arts
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic Coast
Yikes...I hope you weren't hurt.
Pappy
Living the Dream
- Location
- Florida (transplanted New Yorker.)
RadishRose
SF VIP
- Location
- Connecticut, USA
Actually, I broke my wrist and have metal in there now but it was a long time ago.
Pappy
Living the Dream
- Location
- Florida (transplanted New Yorker.)
Lara
Friend of the Arts
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic Coast
"This is the South. And we're proud of our crazy people.
We don't hide them up in the attic, we bring them
right down to the living room and show them off..."
We don't hide them up in the attic, we bring them
right down to the living room and show them off..."
Lara
Friend of the Arts
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic Coast
And here in the South, we don't talk trash about our country
nor our police force...those who risk their lives to protect us.
We pray everyone holds hands because you can't kill when you hold hands.
And we sing a prayer..."God Bless America"....loud from our hearts
...and "America the Beautiful" because we still love our country.
nor our police force...those who risk their lives to protect us.
We pray everyone holds hands because you can't kill when you hold hands.
And we sing a prayer..."God Bless America"....loud from our hearts
...and "America the Beautiful" because we still love our country.
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