Holding Moments

      Happy Easter and Passover everyone.  Each holiday we are reminded of other ones in the past, where we were, who we were with, what we used as traditions, even perhaps why we did celebrate with those traditions.  I have been more reflective lately and tonight wrote this poem because I was looking for another picture and came across an early school picture of me.  And, so I wrote.

When I gaze upon the photograph

Of me

I see

A little girl whose face just makes me smile

And pause

Because

In having lingering thoughts of years ago

I find I hold the happiest moments in tow

Those round

Eyes brown

Remind me of good events—of course don't last

But I am ever gladdened by my past.

Don't forget to check on the Poetry Tag Group shown at the right!  And look at Jama Rattigan's blog post at Jama's Alphabet Soup  to discover so many Poetry sites in the kidlitosphere doing wonderful things!  Cathy, at Merely Day By Day, is joining Mary Lee, at A Year of Reading in a poem a day this month. Other daily poem writers include Amy at The Poem Farm, and Donna at Mainely Write.