Tobacco Road

 

Remembering the days of lean
Sometimes, nary a morsel to eat.
Life's lessons, taut and mean
But we'd not forgotten hope
and vowed not to be beat.

 

A cabin house in yonder hollow
We folks struggled hard everyday.
Stripping tobacco might bring a dollar
Cause we'd not forgotten hope
and fought to find a way.

 

We toiled in noon day sun crop fields
with sweat on brow,
and dreams of getting out
Praying oh Lord,give abundant yields
We'd not forgotten hope
and trusted Him,without doubt.

 

Winter's cold cruel chilly nights,
came and went away
Seasons passed, and years flew by
and God cut us some slack in the rope.
Those lean days turned ,bright and gay
Because we had never Forgotten Hope.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is so real....delivered in such wonderfully poetic way with its rhyme and near rhyme....
and letting us know when it gets the worst, hope is still in the air, because once we are on the bottom, the only way to go from there is up...
Winter in life is temporary...and our springs will lighten our heavy load.
j.

[Fran Marie]

Hi Jacob..yes that's true..better days coming when hope is alive..thanks for reading..I so appreciate your words on my poetry;

[Lyr J. Thirsk]

You are insanley talented

[All faded blue]

Very nice work on this, made the time and way come alive. Was able to actually visualize people and places through this. Great work.

[hyancynthstofeedthysoul]

Memories, my Maw and Paw raised ten kids on a rock farm. Paw said the only crops he could raise was rocks and kids. Every spring he plowed behind a mule and then we hitched up the rock sled and hauled the rocks off. We never went hungry because Maw raised a garden and canned. Funny I never knew we were poor until I went I moved into town. Looking back maybe that was because we weren't.

[AK]

Hope, no matter what our circumstance, should never be surrendered. For in hope lies our peace and inspiration to endure.

[Laura E. Aranda]

Interesting how Hope remainded constant thru out your whole poem. Good luck in the upcoming contest. Take care!
Cheers, lea

[Cold Coffee Magazine]

The sun will shine....maybe not today but it will shine.

great write with so much positive energy

loved it

Dave

[Fran Marie]

THanks

[Jessica{is inspired by ..]

A GREAT poem. Very well suited for the contest I might add!

I love the message that hope perservers over everything else, it really sings out strongly in this piece.

Jessica

[Michael X]

Seasons passed, and years flew by
and God cut us some slack in the rope."

fran, this is heavily impacting on the heart, in imagery and free
flowing thought, yet the complex meter is brilliant, and an
accomplishment, mesmerizing thought, you are an artist who
renders beauty in verse, remembering the past, bringing reader
to another place and time, and that alone is touching, take care, mike

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

This tells about a hard life with a wonderful ending, never give up hope. Thank you for sharing. debileah