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The Family Picture
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snapshots of memory....
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The Family Picture


 


It has a smell of decay.


Dog-eared, curled


sepia-tinted


fringes.


A moth-eaten family


rigidly positioned


a hierarchy of rows.


 


Perhaps a maiden aunt


her face


a dour, downturned affair


relegated to the back.


 


And the two boys--


one looks defiantly at the camera


while the other


ponders the ground,


their vision


already in a cast


all framed with barren winter branches


nothing will last.


 


 


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 Reviews of "The Family Picture"
Reviewed by Joyce Bowling
Reviewed on October 4, 2006
A great write indeed, I often find myself browsing through old photographs and wondering, especially the photos that were taken when my mom was young, I wonder what the people were thinking, what was going on at the time the picture was taken...a single picture says a million or more things to those who view it, if they view it carefully.
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling

Reviewed by Linda Hill
Reviewed on September 26, 2006
Amazing write, Doug. I love looking at the old photos and wondering what life must have been like back then. After the stillness of the photo life went on as usual. Life was much harder back then. Thanks for sharing this excellent poetry with us.

~Linda

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on September 25, 2006
very nice!

Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on September 22, 2006
Well done!

Reviewed by Jim Moore (Reader)
Reviewed on September 22, 2006
Wonderful use of language/word choice for this piece.

Excellent work, Doug

Jim


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