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Oldie but goodie, indeed...! I am counting this as one of your best. What I understand of poetry generally, is that it uses few words and many images to touch the heart and provoke thought. You are a true poet. 
posted by
Ciel
on January 18, 2021 at 9:03 AM
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Re: Kabu
Yes I know it was very hard graft working land. I suppose folk just got on with it and hoped for better times.

posted by
C_C_T
on January 18, 2021 at 7:30 AM
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Re: Pat
The trouble was I suppose education was expensive. Many families relied on older children to supplement the meagre wage of the Father. My Mother could have trained to be teacher but there was no money as she had to reveal.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 18, 2021 at 7:28 AM
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Re: Goldiec
Very true Goldiec. Thank you.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 18, 2021 at 7:23 AM
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Re:sassyass
I guess you are right . It is all a matter of perspective,
posted by
C_C_T
on January 18, 2021 at 7:21 AM
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Re: Annicita
Thanks A.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 18, 2021 at 7:17 AM
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Re: Bill
Yes Bill and still think we are Spring Chickens.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 18, 2021 at 7:16 AM
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Re: FS
Yes one has to be carefull
posted by
C_C_T
on January 18, 2021 at 7:14 AM
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Ouch. That sounds like a sting.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on January 18, 2021 at 5:56 AM
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C.C.T
We're in a time of new human races sir. We're dinosaurs.
posted by
BC-A
on January 17, 2021 at 10:57 PM
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posted by
Annicita
on January 17, 2021 at 6:07 PM
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Dressing for the occasion can be costly and unreasonable at times.
A hungry belly does not care about the latest fashions that make very little difference on a test score anyway.
posted by
Sherri_G
on January 17, 2021 at 4:10 PM
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Life can be hard and it has a way of teaching us lessons.

posted by
Goldiec
on January 17, 2021 at 3:48 PM
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This is so nostalgic and so immediate all at once. I think many of us
may wonder what would have happened if only we'd taken the other path. Poverty in childhood lingers in the mind throughout life, even after one can toss last year's fashion without a second thought.
posted by
Pat_B
on January 17, 2021 at 12:01 PM
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We talk about the good old days...my parents had things tough. Born in 19-09 Mother; and 19-11 Dad. They worked hard on the family farms. Fortunately they were both happy on the land but Dad would never have a horse on his own property. He had spent too many years working a team of horses.
posted by
Kabu
on January 17, 2021 at 11:54 AM
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