Dad's Back.

Goldfinch60



I am no gardener

But I put some dahlias in

And they grew and flowered,

They are all around the garden

As they were when I was a child,

And the thought came to me

Dad’s back.

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 26th, 2021 01:19
  • Comment from author about the poem: My Dad used to have Dahlias growing all over our garden, so many different varieties. I now have a few, the picture is one of mine. The video shows Take Five by Dave Brubeck Quartet that I heard when I was very young when it came out in 1959 and my Dad played it on the record player, whenever I hear it I am taken back to my front room in the house listening to it with my Dad.
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 27
  • Users favorite of this poem: Laura🌻, Accidental Poet, James Alexander.
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Comments9

  • Laura🌻

    Andy,

    Beautiful memories…
    yes, your dad is with you…
    what a wonderful feeling it must be.
    Have a great day.

    Laura🌻

    • Goldfinch60

      Thank you Laura, much appreciated.

      Andy

    • orchidee

      A fine write Gold.

    • jarcher54

      My dad would play one of his few cherished classical records on the old phonograph, the kind with a handle on the side that folded like a suitcase, as we sat late at night on opposite sides of the kitchen table, he grading college essays, me doing my homework. We sat there silently. Nothing brings Dad back like the scratchy sound of one of his old string quartet LPs undulating on my turntable. Thanks for the reverie.

      • Goldfinch60

        Such fine memories to be had in music jarcher.

        Andy

      • spilleronsheet

        Such beautiful memories you play
        The flowers look lovely dear poet
        Well penned

        • Goldfinch60

          Thank you for your kin words spilleronsheet, much appreciated.

          Andy

        • Accidental Poet

          Isn't it grand how our loved ones come back into our days by means of memories and music. Great write Andy. 😊

          • Goldfinch60

            So true AP, thank you.

            Andy

          • L. B. Mek

            beautiful, message!
            indeed, if we choose to live our life
            draped, in that sunlit tint of positivity,
            we can excavate
            those minuscule, but essential moments of solace
            anytime, and anywhere;
            for they await us, we just
            have to be ready to accept
            and remember, to look out for the subtle blessing's in our lives..
            a great shorty,
            thanks for sharing Andy

            • Goldfinch60

              Thank you for you kind words Mek.

              Andy

            • Neville


              what a lovely thing to do and what a lovely thought too ... truly lovely GF60

            • dusk arising

              Thought I saw dad in the mirror the other day.

              • Goldfinch60

                I seem to do that as well d a.

                Andy

              • James Alexander

                Poetry at its finest. Simple and concise. Written from the heart.

                • Goldfinch60

                  Thank you James, so true about coming from the heart.

                  Andy



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