Long Time Ago
by Richard L. Provencher

Long Time Ago

From his Seniors' Home
window an aged man smiles

remembers being
a kid of twelve, stepping
over limbs beside the creek

blue eyes still bright and
inquiring, an eager boy under
wrinkles of flesh

speckled trout, sweet
smells of summer calling--

twitch in his willow pole,
clunker of a catch
mouthing the dew worm

ma noticing well-traveled jeans,
"Need washin'," always said

mud-caked from sunny
days on old Ogden's Creek.

Memories, never shy away.

Richard L. Provencher

Richard enjoys writing poems; many of which have been published in Print and Online. He and his wife, Esther are also co-authors of stories and a print novel. They are "born again" Christians and very busy in their church, Abundant Life Victory International, in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia.

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