IN HEAVEN THE LILAC BUSH BLOOMS THE WHOLE YEAR ROUND
The smell of Lilacs is in the air and it so my memory goads
Thoughts of graduation days and bike rides on wet gravel roads
Of damp, chilly, first of the season picnics in our little town park
Fishing for Suckers below the old mill dam until way after dark
The smell of Lilacs brings me back unfailingly to my childhood
Of the first days of going barefoot, nothing ever felt this good
Of the smell of the river when roaring unleashed from winter ice
When plowing the garden natures earthy perfume would so entice
Of the first skipping of rope as thoughts of cold winter fades away
And even of skinny-dipping in the river on that first really hot day
The building of the season's first tree house as the new leaves unfold
The last day of school picnic, joys of summer vacation to behold
Those who enjoyed their fragrance once as you and I, memory yet saves
The smell of Lilacs on Decoration Day bouquets lain upon their graves
Does any other flower evoke reflections as the sweet spring Lilacs will
Can another bloom, in me, stronger spring recollections so vividly instill
So enjoy the wonderful smell of Lilacs as they come but once a year
And for heaven's sake keep their essence with you in your memory clear
It can't be that Lilacs are for mortals alone, nowhere in the Bible is it found
I think in heaven maybe the Lilac Bush blooms the whole year round
(c) Roger Eugene Corell,
May 11,2006
I would like to dedicate
this poem to my wonderful
home town: Nora Springs, Iowa
and to my friends and family
that made growing up there
an experience that I humbly
recall as the years go by.
There is no greater place
on earth to raise a family...
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