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Remembering Childhood

James Vincient Johnson 1952 (Algoma WV)

Remembering Childhood

To those who forgot home …

Born in a shanty house
Deep deep in the mountains
West Virginia, I think they call it
No, not a hillbilly or alcoholic
Just a kid and symbolic.
Picking up hand-me-downs
Dare not show any frowns
Sharing with brothers and sister
Left nothing but a bone
Yet, we still call it home.
Molded and mended by parents
Who loves us so dearly
As rug rats -- not brats.
No one could ask for life better
Not even from heaven or a letter.

James Vincient Johnson

Copyright © 2003 James Vincient Johnson

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Childhood remembrances are gold...

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Scheme A XXXBBCCDXAXXXDD E E
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 542
Words 107
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 15, 1, 1
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