Big city folks are prone to make jokes
Whine and groan about country blokes
Back roads religion, huntn', and guns
Little ambition, simple, homespun.
There's that Redneck motivation
Them that lack Ed du ma ca tion.
They'll buy Mama a double wide,
Old rusty swing sets right outside.
Grammy and gramps still together
Marriage survived stormy weather.
Their heroes are real live people.
Villains lie and long to weasel.
Every kid knows who's his daddy,
Mom is close, no need for nanny.
Treat your parents with due respect
Cheat or fib gits your fanny wept.
Country morals when put to test
Fewer quarrels and less distress.
Whether rural or city we call them equal,
But God is still special amongst these good people.
Augustus / Folsom, LA / January 2017
~Written for Kurt~
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- Comment from author about the poem: A tribute to country values and morals. Part of the inspiration for this poem came from reading The Death Of The Playground by Kurt Phillip Behm.
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This is a very good poem! Growing up one side of my family was "country" so I relate to this well. Great job indeed!
Well, one side is better den non at all. Thanks.
Excellent job Augustus. So true! The pace is so much more human in the mid-west and west. Here in the Northeast most everyone is in such a hurry and self-absorbed.
I had a neighbor, LeRoy, used to complain about. "People have no time to stop and talk to one another," he lamented. Thanks.
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Thanks "A" ~ Travelling in the USA there is a lot of difference between IOWANS and NEW YORKERS and I meet lots of Old Timers at a Blue Grass Session in Kentucky ! BILL BRYSON urges BRIT's visit the USA before it all becomes one continuous BIG MALL and every American becomes a McPERSON ! Thanks for carin' BRIAN
Right, Country is disappearing. Thanks.
Spot on Augustus - great write
Thanks.
i adore this poem! i loved living in the country in vermont. and my parents are from rural idaho ~ so pretty. your words bring remembrances of the country life, yet there is humor there interlaced with a true lesson to us all about good country people. nicely rendered!
Thanks for catching the humor and for the nice note. P.S. Just read your public profile. Wow!
Love this, my family is on the same piece of land now after generations, don't get back there near enough tho. Great write Augustus...
Awesomely written
Wow sir this
So very good
I love it...
Brilliantly crafted
Almost a history
Of folk...
bloody well done!!!!
There you go again with blood all over. You Brits! Seriously thanks for the gracious remarks.
I'm honored, A. I felt like I was back in my grandparents house listening
to the timeless messages they always gave me.
Truth in every stanza with a superb finish!
Thanks so much.
Kurt
And I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your book. We had a Community Playground in town within bike distance of our home in the country. I didn't share the comradere experiences there as you discussed but remember a swimming hole that was a closer parallel. Take care. A.
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