by Yankee4youSt. Albans, Vermont, USA
May 2012 2,087 Views 11 comments
Simple Country Life
Long in sunny hollow does grass grown green
Watching apple blossums fall in the breeze
Slowly drifting past are clouds so serene
Great time to daydream or do as you please
Out behind the yellow farmhouse finds you
Hanging all our fresh washed clothes on a line
Nothing better can a warm spring sun do
Make any linens fresher or smell so fine
Living in the fair countryside immume
Far away from the city's smog and noise
Smelling sweet fragrance when wild flowers bloom
Is something very few of us enjoys
How great it makes a simple country life
A peaceful place for a man and his wife
Watching apple blossums fall in the breeze
Slowly drifting past are clouds so serene
Great time to daydream or do as you please
Out behind the yellow farmhouse finds you
Hanging all our fresh washed clothes on a line
Nothing better can a warm spring sun do
Make any linens fresher or smell so fine
Living in the fair countryside immume
Far away from the city's smog and noise
Smelling sweet fragrance when wild flowers bloom
Is something very few of us enjoys
How great it makes a simple country life
A peaceful place for a man and his wife
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Posted: May 2012
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Comments (11)
Thanks for sharing.
Windy
kickit.....
Hanging all our fresh washed clothes on a line
Nothing better can a warm spring sun do
Make any linens fresher or smell so fine
Dear yankee,
What a beautiful touching poem of country life...When I visited my daughter in Florida...I asked her where her line was to hang out the wash...She told me they could not hang the wash out...It was against the law.
To see a line of white nappies ( diapers ) on a line line was a simple pleasure to me...I love the fresh smell and the softness from being in the fresh air.Ahhhhhh
Lovely, makes me wonder how nice it would be to move away from city life..
Thanks for sharing.
I'm with you all the way here: Some people can't imagine anything other than City life - but the countryside does it for me every time. This sonnet is a great celebration of country life.
Regards
Bill