Peggy Seely

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And how agonizing when some became burdens that had to be abandoned.  My intent was to do an entire book based on journals of women like her.</div> <bR> <div> Somewhere along the line, I recognized in my poetry a similarity of emotions.  I thought how all of us make choices of what we will carry, in the form of memories, with us throughout life.</div> <bR> <div> This collection reflects my realization that a lot of what we hold on to, for whatever reasons, is not worth its weight; that the sooner we lighten the load, the freer and more content we become.</div> <bR> <div> From the book:</div> <bR> <div> <B>That Summer on the Farm</B></div> <bR> <div> They called us kissin' cousins </div> <div> and I didn't know what they meant.</div> <div> That was before Bobby wanted </div> <div> to show me something in the barn.</div> <div> Bobby was a little older.  He came up </div> <div> with his folks from the city.</div> <div> Our fathers were brothers. </div> <div> Mine was the one who maintained a farm</div> <div> was the best place for a kid to learn things.</div> <div> Like how a field brown and still one day</div> <div> turns into a thousand green fingers waving.</div> <div> How a fuzzy yellow fluff-ball </div> <div> becomes a black sharp-feathered thing </div> <div> with a biting beak and a frightening squawk </div> <div> that drops an egg </div> <div> out of you won't believe where</div> <div> and it becomes my breakfast.</div> <div> I learned where my glass of milk really starts. </div> <div> And pork chops.</div> <div> That lesson made me cry.</div> <div> I learned how to climb an apple tree</div> <div> with a canvas sack tied on, then savor</div> <div> later, the piece of pie</div> <div> rich and steaming and juice-filled</div> <div> my mom set before me.</div> <div> And I learned how a merciless slam of hail  </div> <div> can wipe out the yearnings ignited </div> <div> by the new Christmas catalog from Sears.</div> <div> But the thing I can't forget the most</div> <div> from that summer on the farm</div> <div> was the lesson Bobby taught me</div> <div> in the haystack</div> <div> in the barn.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Peggy Seely has facilitated poetry workshops and was a contributing editor at Washout Review. Her poems have appeared in Connections, Washout Review, and Packrat.  She experienced the fun of winning a poetry slam as well as local contests.  Volunteering at The Bridge Center, she offered poetry as therapy. She has read at various venues, including Café Lena in Saratoga Springs, NY and Florida Porch Café in Leesburg, FL.</div> <bR> <div> Her career path meandered like the country roads she loves; farm, factory and office jobs, bakery shop, interior decorating,  and a decade at The Hartford in Connecticut.</div> <bR> <div> Recently retired, she divides her time between The Villages, Florida, and a 1930s waterside cottage in the Finger Lakes region of New York.  Born a long time ago in Pennsylvania, she says the green and rolling hills of the Northeast will always be "home."</div> <bR> <div> <B>Teacups in the Mud</B></div> <div> <B>is a 40 page hand-sewn chapbook  - $10.00. </B></div> <bR> <div> TO ORDER:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U>To order through mail click here.</U></A>     </div> <bR> <div> ON-LINE          <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U> </U></A>                              </div> <bR> <div> From the US      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Nobody but ancestors"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="12-17"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Canada      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Nobody but ancestors"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="12-17"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="2.75"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Other Countries           <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Nobody but ancestors"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="12-17"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="5.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>