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Smelling the Roses With Pat Meeks
Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:41:00 AM
by Carol Dee Meeks
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| Retirement brings us many things...one of which is visiting our family. |
SECOND PLACE WINNER...SOL MAGAZINE
Aha! Here we are, relishing our slowdown years
after eighty plus between us, work-force duties
and demands of nine to five have ceased, leaving time
for grandsons’ visitations and hours to pen
and improve this craft we’ve longed to perfect,
polish and smooth out. Dictionaries and Thesauruses
lay opened throughout our home as ink fills blank
paper and inner thoughts of emotions are waiting
to see print. The first draft written by me
and proofread by Pat; he checks correct uses of words,
spelling, phrases, singular or plural tenses,
subject and verb parallels, then sometimes
suggestions erupt into spells of opposition
until I realize, he’s the English graduate; I’m the
"I wish I had gone in that field" graduate.
We compromise, the message mine, refined words his;
we let it blossom while we visit our grandsons, our roses.
Carol Meeks, Artesia, NM, USA
COMMENTS: Enjoyable look at a friendship shared through writing. Wouldn't we all like to give up the 9-5 and spend our time writing! Good use of enjambment to
pull the reader along.
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