AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login    
Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS    AUTHORS    BOOKS    SAMPLE CHAPTERS    AUDIOBOOKS    eBOOKS    STORIES    ARTICLES    POETRY    BLOGS    NEWS    VIDEOS    SUCCESS    TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors:  Riley Blake, iNeenah Davis-Wilson, iAlexander Shaumyan, iJoy Pedersen, iLaura Cavanaugh, iEmmanuel Laroche, iOdin odin@aflx.com, i RickthePoetWarrior, iJohn DeDakis, iMichael Charles Messineo, i

  Home > Family > Poetry        Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry        Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     

larry r linville

 Follow Me  

· Contact Me
· Articles
· Poetry
· Stories
· 546 Titles
· 2,566 Reviews
· Save to My Library
· Share with Friends!
·
Member Since: Aug, 2007

larry r linville, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen.



Glad To See The Old Bag
by larry r linville → (All Poetry by larry r linville)
   Rated "G" by the Author.
Share   Print  Save   Follow   Share on Facebook

The title is misleading on purpose. A couple of reflections from my children as a child living in poverty.



When I was just a little lad
our family was never well clad.
Clothes were worn and full of patches
how hard to have color matches.
Sometimes we’d have family back
to visit with used clothes in a sack.
It was like Christmas as we’d sit
to find out whom each thing would fit.
Hand-me-downs were not a drag.
We were glad to see the old bag.

Each week we’d go to town to shop
for food to eat and then we’d stop
at the bakery by the tracks
where they sold pastries in a big sack.
Farmers bought them to feed the hogs
or for the chickens or the dogs.
Through the bread to the donuts we’d dig
leave the old dry bread for the pig.
Grab some sweets and pull off the tag,
sure glad to see the old bag.


 

Want to review or comment on this poem?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?


 Reviews of "Glad To See The Old Bag"
Reviewed by Kathy Armijo
Reviewed on October 22, 2007
The hand-me-down clothes from my older cousin always made me feel beautiful. I never minded them. Nope, not one little bit.

Thank you for a wonderful memory [which I'd forgotten]

Kathy

Reviewed by Rose Rideout
Reviewed on October 22, 2007
I can feel this write as we were a family of eight and use to those hand me downs from other relatives that sometimes came by the bag fulls, back then they were well appreciated can you just imagine what our children would think of this today.
Thank you for sharing Larry.

Newfie Hugs, Rose

Reviewed by John Linville (Reader)
Reviewed on October 22, 2007
Awe! Yes! I have fond memories of the old bag. I have often remembered that. And if you remember for many years, I sat in the front, and the bag went in the backseat.

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo
Reviewed on October 21, 2007
Ah! There is much to be said for hand me downs. I had them and so did my children. When my children were fortunate to have something brand new just for them it was because I bought the material and made it. Many lessons learned stay with you forever, yet never regrets. Enjoyed this piece very much....

Be safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Walt Hardester
Reviewed on October 21, 2007
With love in our lives we are richer than some people will ever know.

Walt

Reviewed by D Johnson
Reviewed on October 21, 2007
Larry, hand me downs was always a way of life for me, I still shop thrift stores. Thanks for the pleasant reminder. For me, being money poor was not the worst thing in the world.

Peace,
Dan

Reviewed on October 21, 2007
The poor are a grateful people, although we do dream a lot. Trust me on this; I know. Excellent message in this one, Larry; well penned!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :)

Reviewed on October 21, 2007
Larry,

I've noticed the poor are grateful for the little things, used or not...powerful lesson in thought provoking lines; well done.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.


New Poetry by larry r linville
Popular Poetry (Family)
  1.  Grandma's Music Box
  2.  Sweet 16 Birthday Words of Wisdom
  3.  I wish tomorrow had never come
  4.  The Child In Me
  5.  Christian Mothers
  6.  My Sister's Birthday Poem (85 Years)
  7.  A Fathers Love
  8.  Dolores
  9.  Happy New Year 2021 to the Den
  10.  Tears
  11.  Lucy...
  12.  Familial Hearts and Friends...
  13.  My Hand-me-Downs
  14.  Nealey Brown, A New Angel
  15.  We'll Miss You Forever Fee
  16.  Happy Birthday dad
  17.  What A Man!
  18.  Things That Give Me Life
  19.  A Father's Love
  20.  My Special Mom
Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

The Secret Entrance into the Doll Land of Sha Bebe (Volume 5) by Mary Lynn Plaisance

It's almost Christmas. Lynn Basil is writing her last book about a secret entrance into the magical doll land of Sha Bebe that she loves so much. Bagannos have taken over the world! Lynn finally meets her dolls in real life. Can she write in a Secret  
Member BookAds

Cajun Fairies In the Land of Sha Bebe by Mary Lynn Plaisance

A wicked Cajun Fairy named Robes Pierre entered the impenetrable Magical doll land of Sha Bebe. Queen Faustina, the ruler of the doll land, thought she had destroyed him, but he's back! Will the doll land survive his evil ways?  
Member BookAds

The Secret Entrance into the Doll Land of Sha Bebe (Volume 5) by Mary Lynn Plaisance

It's almost Christmas. Lynn Basil is writing her last book about a secret entrance into the magical doll land of Sha Bebe that she loves so much. Bagannos have taken over the world! Lynn finally meets her dolls in real life. Can she write in a Secret  
Member BookAds