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The rain on this sky light
makes me long for
pattering on the tin roof,
a warm wood stove,
old friends
from then.
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Ah. Our lovely acreage house when the kids were little, life was simpler, and close friends were near.
Oh look! It was for sale again! http://pglistings.ca/buy/17360_Woods_Road Wow. We purchased it for $126k in 1993. I personally tiled that fireplace and hung that (very dated!) oak towel ring in the upstairs bathroom. Lots is new though- from the beige everywhere to the wood floors and the side deck (built just as we’d envisioned it). I miss the stairs at the front of the deck to the front door- it’s weird to only have the back stairs! We also planted several dozen baby pine trees that are now 20 feet tall across the front and along the drive way. I wonder where their living room furniture is? >>sigh<< Such a beautiful place. Sometimes I still dream of this house.
Shawn L. Bird 
Love this, so simple yet so powerful. Makes me feel nostalgic.
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Was meant to post the above comment via my Poetry and Prose Blog, not my Fashion. Love this, so simple yet so powerful. Makes me feel nostalgic.
Now we just have links to both your identities. lol
I would of put one more line in. From then is a little weak but I know poets never want to rewrite their stuff. I’m the same.
It’s there for a reason, Tim. ‘Fr-om th-en’ is an expansion of the word ‘friend’ above.
I don’t mind the comments, because it gives me opportunity to explain the process and choices. Sometimes another option works better (I do revise my work all the time here on the blog- you may notice something has changed between readings as I find a better word or rhythm in a subsequent reading) but sometimes the word(s) chosen had a specific function as they did here.
PS. You wanted to say “would have” not “would of.” We contract it to “would’ve” in speech. 😉 That’s a fairly common error with my English students.
My wife keeps telling me to say ‘would have’. It’s a fault on my part, of which I am keenly aware. I’m glad you don’t mind people making comments on your work. And I see why you have ‘from then’ in now but I would never have got the expansion of the word friend. I hope you have a lovely Sunday.
🙂 The choices are often very subtle manipulations. The readers are supposed to feel them, not really see them. But I can generally explain the choices, when a question comes up. I tell my students, ‘nothing is an accident.’ There is a thing going around Facebook right now about blue curtains, and how the author meant, ‘blue curtains’ but the English teacher reads layers of meaning. In my experience, there is ALWAYS meaning. The reader might not notice, but the author chose blue for a reason. Maybe not the English teacher’s reason, but definitely for a reason.
I loved this. Could definitely hear the rain.
I’m glad 🙂