Sapphires of Summer by BlueLotus7
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Sapphires of Summer
In the heat of a Georgian summer
When you can slice the humidity
And flowerbeds wilt before dawn
There is a plant that thrives
A plant that transforms the day.
My daughter married a family
Who settled in these hills
At a distant time when I-85
Was but a dusty mule wagon road.
Papa and Nell built their house
Next to her folks on the other side
Of the pecan tree o'er a little path
And raised four boys in clan McCright.
Recently though, just twenty years ago,
They planted some bushes to plan ahead
For when the heat of summer came to be
Sapphire jewels would beckon on high.
Birds are given the ones out of reach
And we all gather round the middle
With smaller members eating heartily
From sapphires on branches below.
Now the folks are passed on to heaven
And the forty acres have been sold
To developers that have no heart
For sapphire blueberries of summer.
So Papa and Nell will take a few
And I will take the others for
Saving these jewels of our summer
Must be carried on as tradition.
Grandson Sean now only four
Blueberry Boy his sister says
Will have his summer's fill
Eating his sapphire jewels.
And when I am dead and buried
With Nell and Papa for company
Our family tradition will carry
With future Blueberry children.
Comments (14)
hun seriously..have u thought about publishing some of your writings?? they all hit home so true to most people.. and they are such wonderful writings..
I really like what you came up with! Very sweet and touching!
How lovely ... a wonderful family tradition beautifully described. It's sad that these poignant links between generations are becoming a rarity. Sapphires, yes ... and this poem is a jewel certainly.
Superb writting as ever :-))Bye calum:-)
You are just so talented. This is really touching. I love the sense of continuity you bring to this.
Fantastic as always! Excellent job!!
Such a warm feeling came to me from this story, well written. Nice that such things as you tell here about happen in this world of too much greed .
A wonderfully spun tale of family tradition. It has an old world charm (when life was not so fast paced and families spent time together)that is endearing. Beautifully written.
Beautifully writen.Really took me to your garden of emotions. :o) CC
Wonderful poem ... tender memories and tender moments. So well written, Ramona, and such a pleasure to read.
Beautiful words...a poem of family!
~Fantastic~ Memories treasured in the Heart!! EXCELLENT!!
Incredible! I really hope you're publishing, or thinking of publishing your work because your gift for writing is amazing. You're able to capture such emotion and build a world with words which the viewer can actually feel a part of. Brilliant piece!
Glad to see someone agrees with me...many someones actually...you really DO need to publish these!! I think this one is one of my favorites...I can almost feel those juicy berries exploding in my mouth...Awesome words!!