Sunday, January 18, 2009

brownie

bakelite kodak
found in a summer house drawer;
pale child drips ice cream

One Single Impression: Fading Memories
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16 comments:

  1. SandyCarlsonJanuary 18, 2009 at 7:16 AM

    Coming across such memories takes me back the same way your poem did. Thanks!

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  2. fourwindshaigaJanuary 18, 2009 at 7:43 AM

    I use to think "the brownies" was a camera club! Good one.

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  3. PamJanuary 18, 2009 at 8:50 AM

    The textures in the poem are wonderful. I can imagine the rest of the summer with the pale child growing tan.

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  4. AmiasJanuary 18, 2009 at 9:46 AM

    I remembered a scenes like this long ago at the state fair. How sweet!

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  5. SueJanuary 18, 2009 at 10:45 AM

    makes me wonder what ever happened to my old bakelite Kodak. Very evocative poem. I'm glad you've got comments enabled now. I've loved your past poems too.

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  6. Deborah GodinJanuary 18, 2009 at 12:03 PM

    What treasures, what time-travelers!

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  7. qualcosa di belloJanuary 18, 2009 at 4:44 PM

    what a cascade of memories your words bring...memories of the mind & in photograph~~ both faded but not yet gone.

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  8. endurogirlJanuary 18, 2009 at 4:51 PM

    Rich imagery. I keep reading your words over. They resonate so strongly.

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  9. MaggieJanuary 18, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    I like seeing the "Brownie" moments as I recall the homemade ice cream we had from a hand-turned churn.
    I still own the Brownie which my daddy bought me when I was 12 years of age.

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  10. Sweetest in the GaleJanuary 18, 2009 at 9:32 PM

    I love how we can stumble upon something hidden away and have the sight of it release crystal clear memories, if only for an instant...your poem expressed that feeling wonderfully.

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  11. Beth P.January 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM

    ...and to let our minds roam over who that child is now...

    Thanks for your consistently excellent haikus, Kitehorse!

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  12. Tumblewords:January 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM

    One memory brings forth another - this one is particularly fine.

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  13. floretaJanuary 19, 2009 at 2:37 PM

    mm this sounds good.

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  14. little wing writerJanuary 20, 2009 at 3:25 PM

    it is all abt the recall of simple moments hidden in a camera unrecalled.. thank you

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  15. PatoisJanuary 20, 2009 at 4:33 PM

    Wonderfully original, this. I take great delight in it.

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  16. Nancy Bea MillerFebruary 3, 2009 at 3:19 PM

    Good one! Either one of us could have been that pale child.

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