My mother was born in a small farming community in Kentucky. While my grandmother was still alive we visited every summer. To this day some of my fondest memories growing up come from spending time here.


The Grass Was Blue


The grass was blue
Rather a Blue green Hue
Where my mothers birth Place
Gives new life to town schools

Reminiscent of the south's old song
Sung to the tune of small towns
Thoroughbred dreams
Long and lean

Baseball teams of one
Hit the long ball
Using a stick and a rock
Against the tobacco background

Railroad walks
Echo into forever
Resonate to a child's wings
Of fleeting thoughts

Blackberries and summer fairs
Big memories that consist of small events
Cast a grandiose image
That reality can not replace

A hero for a moment (in my mind)
As I played on this field of no fences
In a place that time has forgotten
A pretend cowboy that has cast
His dreams to a distant past




Poetry by Kee Zealy The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2009-03-14 at 23:39

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Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
I missed this and have only found your poem - although I have never been to the United States, I found much to relate having been brought up in a farming community myself - this is nostalgia written at its best, thank you

Elle x
2009-03-18



I live in Ohio and can see the hills of Kentucky from my balcony. It's a very lush, beautiful state. I like your phrase "field of no fences." In my opinion we have more than enough fences on this earth. Terrific, sweetly nostalgic and well-composed poem.
2009-03-18


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2009-03-17


melanie sue
i love this. the image is clear in my mind and it reminds me of my own pleasant memories visiting my grandmother in upstate ny...these are sweet moments beautifully captured in vers.thanks
2009-03-16