John's poems of...LIFE - LIVING &LOVE...JDJ
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MY ROOTS ARE IN MINNESOTA
I GREW UP IN MINNESOTA
AND I LEARNED EVERYTHING FROM MY MA AND PA
I LEARNED TO SAY THANK YOU AND PLEASE
EXCUSE ME AND BLESS YOU
AND I'M SORRY WHEN I DID SOMETHING WRONG
I REMEMBER MOM ALWAYS HUMMING A SONG
MY DAD LOVED ALL HIS COUNTRY MUSIC
AND ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS
PLAYED HIS RECORDS LOUD
AS KIDS WE WOULD BE OUT PLAYING OUTSIDE
ALL DAY TIL THE SUN WENT DOWN
IT DIDN'T MATTER IF THE WEATHER WAS SNOW, SUN, RAIN OR CLOUD
WE WENT TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND GOT UP EARLY FOR SCHOOL ON MONDAY
ONE WEEKEND, WE WOULD VISIT GRANDMA AND GRANDPA ON THE FARM
THEN THE NEXT WEEKEND, MY GRANDMA IN THE NURSING HOME
WE SHOWED OUR GRANDPARENTS ALL OUR LOVE
WE NEVER LET THEM BE ALONE
THE MINNESOTA SUMMERS WERE HOT AND FUN
WE WOULD BE OUTSIDE PLAYING
FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN
ON THE RUN
WE LOVED JULY 4TH
WHEN THE CARNIVAL CAME TO TOWN
AND WERE SO HAPPY WHEN A CARNIE GAME WE WON
THE FIRST SNOWFALL WAS MAGIC FOR US
WE COULDN'T WAIT TO GO OUT IN THE SNOW
SLED RIDING AND ICE SKATING
BUILD A FORT
HAVE A SNOWBALL FIGHT
TO GET OUTSIDE AND PLAY
WE WERE IN A RUSH
ALL MY UNCLES AND AUNTS
FAMILY, COUSINS AND MANY A FRIEND
ALWAYS A HELPING A HAND
THEY WERE EAGER TO LEND
AS A KID WE WOULD GO FISHING ALL DAY AND SOMETIMES AT NIGHT
BRING OUR CATCH OF THE DAY
SO MOM COULD CLEAN AND COOK IT
WAS OUR DELIGHT
MY ROOTS ARE IN MINNESOTA
DEEP FOREVER THESE PRECIOUS MEMORIES
IN MY HEART
I WILL CHERISH AND KEEP
4 DECEMBER, 2014
AND I LEARNED EVERYTHING FROM MY MA AND PA
I LEARNED TO SAY THANK YOU AND PLEASE
EXCUSE ME AND BLESS YOU
AND I'M SORRY WHEN I DID SOMETHING WRONG
I REMEMBER MOM ALWAYS HUMMING A SONG
MY DAD LOVED ALL HIS COUNTRY MUSIC
AND ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS
PLAYED HIS RECORDS LOUD
AS KIDS WE WOULD BE OUT PLAYING OUTSIDE
ALL DAY TIL THE SUN WENT DOWN
IT DIDN'T MATTER IF THE WEATHER WAS SNOW, SUN, RAIN OR CLOUD
WE WENT TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND GOT UP EARLY FOR SCHOOL ON MONDAY
ONE WEEKEND, WE WOULD VISIT GRANDMA AND GRANDPA ON THE FARM
THEN THE NEXT WEEKEND, MY GRANDMA IN THE NURSING HOME
WE SHOWED OUR GRANDPARENTS ALL OUR LOVE
WE NEVER LET THEM BE ALONE
THE MINNESOTA SUMMERS WERE HOT AND FUN
WE WOULD BE OUTSIDE PLAYING
FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN
ON THE RUN
WE LOVED JULY 4TH
WHEN THE CARNIVAL CAME TO TOWN
AND WERE SO HAPPY WHEN A CARNIE GAME WE WON
THE FIRST SNOWFALL WAS MAGIC FOR US
WE COULDN'T WAIT TO GO OUT IN THE SNOW
SLED RIDING AND ICE SKATING
BUILD A FORT
HAVE A SNOWBALL FIGHT
TO GET OUTSIDE AND PLAY
WE WERE IN A RUSH
ALL MY UNCLES AND AUNTS
FAMILY, COUSINS AND MANY A FRIEND
ALWAYS A HELPING A HAND
THEY WERE EAGER TO LEND
AS A KID WE WOULD GO FISHING ALL DAY AND SOMETIMES AT NIGHT
BRING OUR CATCH OF THE DAY
SO MOM COULD CLEAN AND COOK IT
WAS OUR DELIGHT
MY ROOTS ARE IN MINNESOTA
DEEP FOREVER THESE PRECIOUS MEMORIES
IN MY HEART
I WILL CHERISH AND KEEP
4 DECEMBER, 2014
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MY ROOTS ARE IN MINNESOTA
MY ROOTS ARE IN MINNESOTA