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For The Love of Georgia
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I'm heading back to Georgia

where I left my heart in residence

those rolling green hills I adore,

and the fireflies all aglow

rocking on my back porch

in the Peach State of the USA

Savannah is a calling

and the Mississippi is rolling along

and I am at my happiest

with Dixieland on my mind

sojourning in beautiful Augusta

warm Southern nights so alive

made my way back to Macon

with only you in my sights

we whooped and hollered in Atlanta,

and shared good times in Cleveland

on the Trail of Tears across the State,

we prayed and bonded with Great Spirit

and when Johnny comes marching home again

we'll raise a cheer for fallen heroes

and send that Sherman straight back to hell

we' ll sing and dance, to the Deep South blues

and dine on crawfish and gumbo

and give a toast to Martin Luther King 

and God bless you Mr President Carter

for on those Blue Ridge mountains in my soul

the rising sun will always shine

 

Copyright by Peter Paton 2006

 

 

 

 
 

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 Reviews of "For The Love of Georgia"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 3, 2006
Gives me fond memories of three glorios years a Georgian in Hotlanta, USA.

Almost as much as my three summers of love in California near Baghdad by the Bay.

Ron

Reviewed by Elizabeth Parsons
Reviewed on September 2, 2006
I have been to Georgia many times and I believe you caught the essence beautifully.

Reviewed by Huda Orfali
Reviewed on September 1, 2006
I was in GA last August, a beautiful state
Lovely poem, Peter
thanks for sharing
love and peace

Reviewed by A PAX
Reviewed on August 29, 2006
From Scotland to GA.....
they are gonna love your accent
have fun peeeta
:)

pax A

Reviewed by K. Mulroney
Reviewed on August 29, 2006
My family is from Mississippi and I do know those nights hot nights on the porch swing drinking ma's sweet iced tea and pa's home made ice cream...thanks for the memories!!

Reviewed by Rhonda Galizia
Reviewed on August 29, 2006
Do, do, do...lookin' out my back door!

What a great moodsetter and write, Peter, to keep Georgia on our minds!
Travel safely and have a grand time! The LORD go with you..

[I have to tell you, CCR brought back so many memories! I used to sit out on our back porch with half the neighborhood, as I played this song on my guitar - of course, all the children loved the tambourines&elephants and the do-do-do!]

Really great package!
Love&Prayers, Rhonda

Reviewed on August 29, 2006
Beautiful write, Peter; very well done! BRAVO!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in America, Karen Lynn in Texas. :D

Reviewed by Ch'erie de Perrot
Reviewed on August 29, 2006
I find the patriotism in this heartwarming. I am not A Yankee if I may use that terminology, but I know the emotions of one's own homegrown turf...
Blessings to you Peter
Ch'erie

Reviewed by Taylor Ryan
Reviewed on August 28, 2006
Thanks for the tour of my neighboring state Peter...I live only minutes away from her border. So interesting to see the Georgia you carried away with you...to me it's summer's peaches and red clay, pine trees and pecans, mountain streams and island beaches, live oaks dripping with Spanish moss and brackish water at low tide,..."Hotlanta" and the love of St.Simon's history, sweltering Macon (is there a hotter spot in the world?)and the Cherokee, southern sweet Vidalia onions and mountain apple cider, and where my child came back to life and to me. How nice that it's so close to Tenessee.
Love,
Taylor

Reviewed by SHERRY HEIM
Reviewed on August 28, 2006
This is a beautiful tribute to the South and all of her glory, Peter. Being a Yank, myself, I find the South a great place to visit but a difficult place to call my home.
Take care,
Sherry

Reviewed by Myrna Badgerow
Reviewed on August 28, 2006
It would seem that gumbo and crawfish is a universal craving..)) I loved this piece Peter!!!

Myrna

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on August 28, 2006
this poem is a delightful glimpse of the Georgian soul and its history ...

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on August 28, 2006
I bet Susan will show you a great time.Peter you have such a wonderful spirit, and warm loving ambiance in this prose.

Love your bio pic too;-)!

Eileen

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on August 28, 2006
I have never been to the South but this fine work sums up all I have ever wanted to know and see about your home. Lovely images my friend.

Fee

Reviewed by Victor Buhagiar (Reader)
Reviewed on August 28, 2006
Well Peter, I cannot even envisage what Geogia looks like, but his poem has brought it alive for me.

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on August 28, 2006
What a wonderful last read before I hit the sack...Love the moodsetter music...THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT VIDEO AND PAGE...gone check them ALL out!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on August 28, 2006
we' ll sing and dance, to the Deep South blues

and dine on crawfish and gumbo

and give a toast to Martin Luther King

and God bless you Mr President Carter



And you've penned quite an Ode to Georgia here, Peter. And Lookin Out My Backdoor ain't a bad tune either!


Reviewed by Susan de Vegter
Reviewed on August 28, 2006
Oh Yeah!! You're a true rebel. I will play hostess to you and your love for The Peach State and take you to the core of Dixie that most never see while visiting. It will be my pleasure to have you dine on fresh peaches from Perkins Farms...just down the road is where dear Jimmy lives ( Carter) and then over to Juliette to dine on the best fried chicken and fried green tomatoes here abouts at The Whistle Stop Cafe made famous in "Fried Green Tomatoes"...over to my home in Savannah for real seafood from the Atlantic and to check in on Norma Deen. You're lucky...I know the hospitality industry like the back of my hand.
Come on over...you'll be spoiled rotten"...as my granny would say.
love and harmony from Dixie,
Susan


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