A Stone: One Daily Observation
It is the cycle we live with, day into night, and night into day.
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Summer Nights
It seems in memory
Everyone was out then
Playing in the fog
Of the mosquito truck
Catching fireflies
Playing hide and seek
Skin all hot and sweaty
Play clothes stuck to
Bodies like second skin
There were lots of children in our neightborhood
Always someone to play with
The sky was full of stars
Not so many electric lights
Homes were open
Windows and doors
Hi! Come on in
People sitting on the front porch
It was a different time for sure
Today to out at night
Is to go alone
Every house shut up tight
Doors locked
Porch light turned off
Windows closed
A tiny light flickers inside
Family round the TV
Alone is what we are
Hopper knew this
It’s what he paints about
annellannell 
i miss those days…you bring them to life again in your words…i wish we had a neighborhoos and a world where my boys could play all day outside with friends and not worry…i miss those days…
Stunning photo and I agree with your stone of observation, but must wonder why we struggle so hard to accept that all things have an ending.
Elizabeth
Ah, Annell, the beautiful view of evening in your photo and words was so lovely. And you REALLY took me back with your memories of summer evenings. Last night, I was walking Jas, and was feeling some of the same things. Wondering why summer evenings feel so different now, than they did then. I loved this trip back, remembering those days. I remember swinging back and forth on my grandma’s gate while the big trucks went by spraying DDT to keep down the mosquitoes. Yikes!!!!!!
Yes, it’s a wonder we are alive today to tell it. Thank you Sherry. Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
annell@taosnet.com http://www.annelllivingston.com http://www.somethingsithinkabout-annell-annell.blogspot.com https://annellannell.wordpress.com
Annelle~ I agree… we have become a closed-off society. It’s a sad truth about the world today. Thanks for taking me down memory lane!
Yes, Hopper was remarkable…
Remarkable replay! Surely things have changed beyond recognition and I love the memories.-
Love that sky! Oh my so awesome
I also loved your poem it took me back too… to a quieter time
slower times of family evenings
never got sprayed though…just bitten up
but that was summer evening too
Just a wonderful poem
Sad but so true, it is a very evocative painting.
Growing up in Dublin was the same for me, things have certainly changed.
Yes, it was a different time then. So different now. We used to spend lots of summer evenings sitting on our front porch. The picture gave ME a gasp of nostalgia and a feeling of ‘those were the good old days which will never be again.’ I liked your Mag write!
Your new theme seems to reflect the stripped back (yet full) image and words..a silver bullet trailer of memories..I love it Annell..Jae
I remember the mosquito truck! It’s a wonder we all survived.
Catching fireflies, bodies like second skin, so many lovely lines and the capture of times past.
Yes, Annell. You have definitely characterized well the differences between ‘yesterday’ and ‘today.’ Your poem causes me to reflect…and think!
I simply loved how you ended it…
Indeed there is a lot of difference in Then and Now…:)
There seem to be very few places available for leaving a comment? I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the last photograph of yours on Sunday’s post, but blowed if I could find where to leave it!
I’d love your permission to copy the picture, and perhaps paint something of my own using it as inspiration?
Thanks for your comment. Of course! Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
annell@taosnet.com http://www.annelllivingston.com http://www.somethingsithinkabout-annell-annell.blogspot.com https://annellannell.wordpress.com
ah yes – remember those summer days – summer evenings and we wish we could’ve spent the whole night outside…you capture these days so very vividly annell…i like
Thanks so much for your comment! Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
annell@taosnet.com http://www.annelllivingston.com http://www.somethingsithinkabout-annell-annell.blogspot.com https://annellannell.wordpress.com
So true…thank you, annell!
Of times gone by. Such a wonderful time lost by the ravages of today. So well told.
You really captured a slice of life here. I was born in 1947, but it was like this in the 50’s when I grew up. Some times I find myself longing for the simple, uncomplicated life without all this technology….but I would have withdrawals without my computer….