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The letter from home
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I've worked in the small-town media all my life, mostly in newspapers. This is my view of what weekly newspapers do best. Yes, they print the news, but more important, they serve as family correspondence. In fact, at least one newspaper that I worked for billed itself as "The Letter from Home"

The letter from home

Each week it comes,

like an old friend,

A mixture of gossip and news,

Wrapped up in pictures and print.


Pieces of places so far away,

yet so near to our hearts.

A chronicle of the seasons

as they fall along.


The little boy

who stalked outlaws

Now scores touchdowns

and gets a scholarship.


The little girl

who played across

the street is the 4-H queen

and goes to Paris.


Their father and the Mayor

are now old and gray,

The market's now a

Hardee's where they work.


Little people get married,

Move away, join the service.

Older people retire, though

you thought they never would.


Older people you've known

and loved pass away

Places you thought would

stand forever are memories.


The home team boys and girls

who made the town proud

Now coach on the playing fields.


And for everything odd,

they call the sheriff.


Each week it comes

in pictures and print,

a letter from home,

good news and bad.



 

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 Reviews of "The letter from home"
Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on December 17, 2006
enjoyed the read

Reviewed by Tracey L. O' Very (Reader)
Reviewed on April 20, 2005
Wow! What a Wonderful poem!
So Beautiful and Heart touching.
Thank You so Much Steve
Happiness to always be yours
Tracey

Reviewed by Lawrance Lux
Reviewed on October 1, 2003
We went to watch the printing of Our local Weekly every Thursday night, when I was a child. We acted like idiot boys We were, while the Printer--Parent and friend to all of Us--made the Presses crank over. He sent Us all home to bed, as he started to bundle the Papers. He was there the next morning, to drive the local School bus. Beautiful memories, lgl.

Reviewed by Trixie Love
Reviewed on September 2, 2003
Hi Steve,
I enjoy those weekly
papers....

Nice write

Trixie :)

Reviewed by Leland Waldrip
Reviewed on September 2, 2003
Excellent portrayal, Steven. I get a couple of these weekly papers. They are truly letters from home.
Best regards,
Leland


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