Photos on my wall.
Photos On My Wall
Many photos on my wall
Those happy, smiling faces,
Children young and Oh! So small
Memories, no time erases
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Babes in arms, cuddled and kissed,
First ice cream, and days at school,
Loved ones departed, so missed,
Yet others sit around a pool.
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Looking at those pictures now,
Brings back those days of leisure,
Wedding gowns, “I do” endow,
You, with all my worldly treasure
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An empty space, what was there?
See, it’s dropped behind the frame.
Gaze upon a face so dear,
That man so loved, I took his name.
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Many photos on my wall,
Reminders of all that’s passed,
Even if I lose recall
They’ll prompt, help memory last.
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Carole Parkes – Copyright September 2014
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Lovely.
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Thank you for your kind comment. Have a great week.
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Beautiful poem – really captures the melancholy of looking at old pictures.
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Thank you Jan. I don’t see myself as a poet as I know none of the poetry punctuation rules, ha ha. What the heck though, nothing to stop us joining in for some fun. I will look them up one of these days before I post many more.
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Thank you Jan. As we age, so our store of photos and memories increases. Photos always capture the best moments in life. Wouldn’t it be strange, if we took a photo during an argument? I don’t know where that odd thought came from, but it’s making me giggle, ha ha.
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I really loved this and the photos were beautiful. One thing i cherish most are my children’s pictures. I managed to keep them with me everywhere I moved for the last twenty three years. First box to go. Very cherished. Beautiful and lovely poem.
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Thank you for your kind comment about the poem and photos. Treasure your family pictures. Children grow so quickly, although it doesn’t always seem like that at the time. One day, you’ll look back and wonder where all those years went. Spend them wisely creating happy memories for your children, and they’ll always stay close.
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YVW Carole, my youngest is seventeen and I have two grandbabies, one four and one two months old. Very wise advice. ❤
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Ah! You’ve seen how quickly they grow. Time to look after yourself a bit now; when you haven’t got the grandchildren, ha ha.
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This is a delightful read, something we can all associate with.
Funny digital pictures are put away, never to see the light of day.
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Lovely comment, and you are right, digital pictures don’t have the same pull as the old fashioned photos. As technology changes so quickly, I often wonder what we’ll be viewing those digital pictures on, twenty years from now.
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Do you remember about eight or more years ago, a new type viewer came out. You plugged in your camera memory card and plugged that baby in and you had a slideshow of all the pictures for anyone to watch? I was given one when I retired eight years ago and used it once. I think. 😮
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Yes, I have one too. I never switch mine on either.
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It sits face down on a shelf in my hutch. I dust it once in a while. 😮
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Mine is actually displayed on my sideboard, plugged in and ready., dusted regularly, just never used. It’s a shame isn’t it?
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Sigh. Yes. That fad fizzled out quite fast. 😮
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Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
Photographs are wonderful memory aids. I enjoy having them digitally filed but in my office I have enlarged photographs of all that I have loved especially those who have had their last photograph taken. Albums too are part of the treasures in my bookshelves. More than enough drama in each to entertain for hours. Thanks Carole Parke for a great post.
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Yes, I love the albums too, but they take up so much room. When my parents went into a nursing home a few years ago, they had 26 albums. I took the photos out of the albums and bought a special photograph box. These hold individual, clear plastic folders, so you can still seperate the pictures into holidays, weddings or whatever. My mum and dad were thrilled when I took the box into the home for them. By the way, thank you for reblogging.
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Great idea – we made up albums 50th wedding anniversaries etc with photos from every decade and then my mother’s 90th – we carried on the tradition too with an album on out 30th with every home we have lived in and family and friends. thanks Carole. X
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I take it you have lots of them; so many memories to take with you into old age. Another good idea, is to write on the back of each photo who is in it and roughly the year and place. When your children inherit them, they’ll then know who the relatives and friends are. I have some family photos, professional sittings, of relatives we cannot place. It’s so frustrating when you’re trying to do a family tree.
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I know we have some black and white ones from the 20’s that have anon all over them. Anyway thank you for stirring up memories and have a lovely weekend. take care SallyX
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Same to you Sally.Have fun!
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Lovely Carole – I have thousands of non-digital images most in albums and on a wet, dark day they are brought out and revisited. I will add the list of promoted blogs to my next post.
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I’m so happy you are adding the list. It can be changed if there are others you’d rather promote. Enjoy your memories.
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