A Challenge Inspired by David Maclellan’s Fine Poem “When We Were Kids In The 60‘s”

David And I Would Like To Challenge Everyone To Write A Nostalgic Poem About Your Experiences As A Child. Whatever Era You Grew Up In, We All Have Memories To Share. Come On Now, It'll Be Fun And It's Ok To Admit You're No Spring Chicken!!

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When We Were Kids
By La Belle Rouge


We made dolls from corn cob silk

And drank cocoa made from fresh milk

Made snow sleds from old store signs

Braved the big hill and had grand times

Constructed stick castles in the wood

Listened to Grampa's stories when we could

In doll clothes finery we dressed our cats

At twilight threw dirt clods at barn bats

Told bloody ghost stories around a fire

Of the "Butcher Knife Saga" we'd never tire

On Sat. night Laurence Welk we'd see

Cause Parents had control of black and white TV

Danced to old record player's scratchy 78's

Church picnics, fried chicken piled on our plates

Ate homemade ice cream on a summer day

Hand cranked, back in the day it was the way

We swung on a rope tied to an oak tree

Mama would have had a heart attack to see

The way we flew over that deep ravine

You'd think we were dying the way we'd scream

Sometimes in summertime we'd sneak

And skinny dip like heathens in the creek

It was a good time to grow up in

Remembered fondly now by old women and men.



8/4/2010 La Belle Rouge


Music "Grampa Tell Me "Bout Those Good Old Days"