Memories Of My Grandparents’ Place Poem by Marilyn Lott

As I look up on the old pictures
Where my grandparents used to live
So many memories bring back yesterday
For so much they have to give

The old chicken house was a landmark
That wasn’t used for 40 years at least
As I think about those creatures
My memories continue to increase

Grandpa’s tractor so much a part
Of his life as I remember it
I smile as I picture him riding
On the place where he used to sit

And the roses grandma tended
So carefully she cut and pruned
I can smell them even now
She’d place them in many rooms

Grandpa’s old barn, so sad it was
And the pictures show so well
The usefulness gone many years
But I still remember the musky smell

Yes, although things won’t be the same
I have recollections that will stay with me
Grandpa and Grandma are gone
But my memories will never flee!