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"Summer Chillin"
Summer breezes ruffled her mane,
the wind caught in my hair.
Off on an adventure we went,
the two of us made a fine pair.
The birds chirped and twittered
as we walked along the forest path.
I was in heaven enjoying my freedom
thankful for months of no math.
"Rain Drops Keep Fallin' on my Head"
quite often a favorite melodic choice.
Her ears happily twitched as we trotted along,
she alone appreciated my alto voice.
We owned time; we could do as we pleased.
A quick splash in the stream?
Yes, right before we rounded the fence
on our way home for a scoop of ice cream.
Summer air, breeze, song, and sun.
Add swimming and sweets, of course,
and that, for me, is "summer chillin'"
done right! Now all I need is a horse!
by Margaret Bednar, Art Happens, June 21, 2011
This is for the "Poetry Jam". Please hop over and enjoy the other entries - I am hosting and the theme is "Summer Chillin'". There is a day or two left to enter until next week's "flavor" is introduced!
I am currently looking for a horse to lease and my girls are leasing the pony Icy this month, enthusiastically learning to ride (and doing a swell job, I might add!) I am really enjoying spending so much time with my girls and looking forward to the day we can ride the forest trails.
13 comments:
That was fun and well done! I have great memories of bareback riding as a kid on our farm ... the days before helmets!
Oooh- I am with you on the bareback riding! that is the way for kids -or anyone, to experience ponies and horses!
Nothing in the world quite like it!
how sweet...
Enticing... I love summer time is ours. I wish we had access to horses. My husband used to show horses.
Margaret, this is enchanting ....
The perfect way for a young woman to spend summers.
I remember when my kids learned to ride. They spent about 5 summers at a horse camp, and of all the things like that that they did when they were younger, this is the thing they seemed to have loved the most.
This is a wonderful poem, and a fantastic photograph Margaret!
nice jam...lot of fun summer stuff...my son is taking horse back right now...been a while since i was on one...
I've only been on a horse twice in my life so I never quite got the hang of it. The first time was just to sit on this GINORMOUS beast - scary! The second time was at 4H Camp when I was about 10. I was the only girl who didn't already know how to ride so they put me on a placid horse that just trotted the whole day - & then didn't show me how to sit on her properly. Ouch!
WOW!! I wish I could write like that.. Your poem is wonderful. And your photo is so crisp.. Sounds like a perfect summer day!!
This one was really kind of easy as all I had to do was close my eyes and remember. Thank you for all the wonderful comments.
Wow. Riding bareback! Brave girls...very much in touch with Nature as it is! I would love to take a horseride on that path through the woods. Your girls are so lucky, I hope they know!
What a lovely poem!! I spent Summers riding my horse Kick-A-Poo with my friends...We would pack a lunch and be gone all day, with no worrys, no school work, just friends laughing and horses snorting...Awe the good old days!!!
Thanks for bringing them back!!!
Denise
What a lovely poem!! I spent Summers riding my horse Kick-A-Poo with my friends...We would pack a lunch and be gone all day, with no worrys, no school work, just friends laughing and horses snorting...Awe the good old days!!!
Thanks for bringing them back!!!
Denise
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