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Joseph Anderson (3-12-25)
Poems by Joseph Anderson : 5 / 96
A Haven From Life's Storm
This old house out in the country
Surely, isn't much to see,
With it's sagging walls and chimneys,
Yet, it's still a home for me.
It has served a useful purpose
For a hundred years, or more;
And has welcomed many faces
Through it's wide and gracious door.
Like a mother toiling ever,
It has lost it's shape, once trim,
And it's style is long outmoded
By more youthful ones with vim.
Now it sits on it's foundation,
Sinking slowly in the sand,
Tired from all it's years of serving;
How it needs a helping hand.
No, I would not take a million
For this tired old place of mine,
Because a house is really home
When it has weathered with the time.
Joseph Anderson
Submitted: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Poems by Joseph Anderson : 5 / 96
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Reminds me of my grandparents old house on Ohio...I gave this one a 9 - I reserve 10's for the supreme poems, which i'm sure you have a few of...This is as good as W.B. Yeats, Joseph. it's true, authentic, and I'll even use a phrase I used to describe J. Kerouac - soul-obliterating and resurrecting. i feel like your words took me apart rearranged me, and then put me back together as a new version of myself!
However old the house may be, it is a haven that shelters us from every storm. Your deep sentiments for your sweet home is manifest in every line of it and produces a flurry of nostalgic feelings in the readers! ! What a nice read!
The old house paints a very vivid picture. I read this a few times. Loved it.
I love to read your stories, the visions are so clear
This is a lovely poem, home is where the heart is, whatever condition the building, really beautiful thoughts.
You have such a wonderful flow to your work and it`s a pleasure to read.
There's definitely no place like home, be it ever so humble. Lovely poem.
I am very attached to my home, too.Deep sentiment.
Joe this is a beautiful poem. the vision you give in this poem is a lovely reminder of growing up in a loving respected home 10.
I agree with Lynn Joe, this is just a wonderful piece, beautiful words that low easily and tell their story so well.
Joe it has been a long time since I've read a poem so beautiful. The discription reminds me of my childhood home and the love and caring that abound. I feel almost if I just returned from a trip to that old home. Thanks for the memories. Your Friend, Lynn