Popcorn
Cotton Candy
Roasted peanuts
Hot dogs, scents mix
And I'm there again
Livestock
Fresh hay
Sweet feed
Horse sweat
And my first stolen kiss
Cedar shavings in the barn
Petting all the horses
Inhaling their scent
I never owned one
And you walked in
Aftershave
Spearmint gum
Viewing the stock
With a casualness
And you stroked the horse
Carnival music
Horses' whinny
Cows low to calves
Roosters crow
And you kissed me
Imaginary Garden With Real Toads
19 comments:
Wonderful story! Sounds like good times at the fair. Enjoy your weekend!
Hi Gail! There is so much in this poem to crow about~ I love how you added the edges and then the air of romance! Lovely, so happy you joined in!
You paint a lovely painting with your words.
sounds, sights, scents bring back memory's so quickly. as i read i could see and hear and smell the county fair again. no kisses for me though.
Gail, such a sweet memory. My hubby and I still love to go to fairs and tour all the livestock barns, since we are still farm kids at heart.
I love this!
Insightful !
Our county fair starts this week and I think you captured it perfectly.
i can smell the horses and feel the emotion of that kiss. Well done.
So much fun to share together with those one loves all within contrasting situations. It makes for a great poem. Perfumed guy with after-shave to contrast with horse-sweat and the horse.
Hank
Ha. Nice love story you got there.
Have you ever see Longest Ride?
Horses, stock, have an interesting affect
on us.
Off the subject a bit, but had a boy I worked with
that was quite disturbed, but get him around horses,
get him to grooming them - he was a total different
person. Calm, loving.
What a sweet nostalgic poem. Loved it.
This tells many stories . . .
Delightfully told beautifully . . .
What a sweet memory!
the last line is the sweetest
Wherever you are, I want to be there as well!!
Love, a , fair ! Get it haha ! Nicely done !
Thanks for taking me the fair filled with all those scents. My guilty pleasure at a fair is vinegar french fries..oh they are so bad for you but taste yummy..
Lovely memory poem!
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