This is written for Sidey’s Theme this week: LINK DOESN’T WORK.
http://viewfromtheside.wordpress.com/2013/07/04/weekend-theme-113/
Aunty Mae
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I spent a day (or two)
With Aunty Mae (and you);
Eccentric old bat
Who wore a hat
(which often took flight)
Every single day
(and also at night).
She made her hats
Out of this and that,
Odds and ends,
And used to mend
And do alterations too.
Bits and pieces
Of spastic plastic,
Buttons and bows
And lots of ‘who knows?’,
Rainbow colours with
Bits and bobs, drops and globs.
She’d sit for hours, days,
Weeks and years
Concocting bizarre creations,
And the weirdest conceptions,
But beautiful too, in a way,
Ensuring we’d never forget
Our sweet Aunty Mae.
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©Denise G Allen, 06 July 2013 08:39
06/07/2013 at 10:58 am
Delightful portrait of simple eccentricity – well done.
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06/07/2013 at 5:23 pm
Thanks, Mike. The old-fashioned arty type…
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06/07/2013 at 11:09 am
I nice characterisation.
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06/07/2013 at 5:24 pm
Thanks, Ben. All fictitious, I assure you. Wish I did have an Aunty Mae…
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06/07/2013 at 11:25 am
I love Aunty Mae… wonderful words.. can picture her ..
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06/07/2013 at 5:25 pm
I am so glad. She seemed real in my mind too. 🙂
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06/07/2013 at 11:44 am
Oh Denise, you brought a delightful Auntie Mae to life … and a smile to my lips. Thank you.
blessings ~ maxi
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06/07/2013 at 5:26 pm
That is the sort of person I can relate to, Maxi. Salt of the earth, but talented too.
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06/07/2013 at 11:47 am
Nice to meet Aunty Mae.. beautiful poem 🙂
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06/07/2013 at 5:27 pm
Thanks Kabir. Btw I should be around your blog tomorrow. Looking forward to it. 🙂
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06/07/2013 at 5:29 pm
Thanks so much, much appreciated, I hope you find something interesting to read on my blog 🙂
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06/07/2013 at 11:52 am
Lovely nostalgic poem, adee. I think every family has someone who really leaves an impression on us. I also had a batty aunt who I loved dearly. 🙂
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06/07/2013 at 5:28 pm
I didn’t have one, unfortunately, but wish I had. 😀
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06/07/2013 at 1:09 pm
This is wonderful, Denise. I wish I could produce rhyme as you can.
thank God for people like Aunty mae. Such individuals!
John
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06/07/2013 at 5:31 pm
John, I don’t know where they come from. I wasn’t going to write today, but I had the idea of hats – Easter bonnet type – on my brain and hey presto… lol.
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06/07/2013 at 4:01 pm
ha she sounds like a cool character…finding beauty and creation in the odds and ends….bet that would be fun to watch…smiles.
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06/07/2013 at 5:32 pm
I know there are people like this and wish I was one, Brian. Some people can create magic from literally junk… real talent. 🙂
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07/07/2013 at 1:45 am
Lovely ode to an eccentric aunt, Adee.
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07/07/2013 at 7:41 am
She obviously has a rainbow inside her head. Love it
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07/07/2013 at 10:11 am
Yip, Sidey, a rainbow imagination… thanks so much. 🙂
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