With acknowledgement to Alan Nicholls
Talking to Alan today in our writing group, we recalled this photo and the poem. It seems incredible that it first made it online in 2016.
Echoes
In the present, from the past,
a voice that echoes,
sayings that last.
Even when the body has gone
what was said will linger on.
‘My mum used to say…’
‘My grannie too…’
‘My dad would have something to say to you.’
In the present, from the past,
a voice that echoes,
echoes last.
Polly Stretton © 2016
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29/11/2016 at 19:47
Brilliant!! Your words resonate with me. I am the self-appointed archivist for my family, a task which I do not take lightly. There are many stories that are lost in the folds of time, but there are still some that can be told. That is the journey that I am on. Thank you – enjoy your thoughts and posts.
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29/11/2016 at 20:23
Thanks Rebecca – there always seems to be a special someone in the family who looks after the records 🙂 Enjoy the travelling as you find out more about your heritage. Good to see you enjoyed ‘Echoes’.
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29/11/2016 at 20:18
Oh so true. My Mother said some fabulous things that will stay in our memories always Polly.
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29/11/2016 at 20:24
The times you hear ‘my mum always said…’ etc. It seems some of our younger friends dislike ‘old tales’–I love ’em 🙂
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05/12/2016 at 14:07
How true. I love short, economic, poems.
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05/12/2016 at 14:27
Thanks Gary 😊
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20/12/2016 at 02:05
I like when I think of past family gatherings, where stories were reminisced and legends were begun! I like your last line about “echoes that last.” 🙂
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10/04/2018 at 01:42
Wonderful. Words are powerful things. Little else could pass from generation to generation and still remain so intact.
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10/04/2018 at 08:41
I’ve never heard of a family without passed on ‘sayings’, and yet I’m told that the younger generations are not so keen on them…anyone know whether this is true?
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10/04/2018 at 13:48
Young people don’t like to be like their parents, so maybe they just wait to use the sayings until their older. 😁
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10/04/2018 at 13:51
That could be it…attitudes change with the times 🙂
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