Dain City

Dain City

A Poem by James Takeo Panton
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My hometown, where I grew up...

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Two canals come to meet
Two bridges side by side
My past had once belonged there
These memories still at my side
In the City of Dain
Was where I had once dwelt
Thoughts come back, bittersweet
Its presence still heartfelt
I remember all the corners
I remember every stone
I remember it so fondly
It always is my home
The school that I once went to
Grudgingly to class
Same thirty faces, eight years
Whilst thirty years have passed
I remember trees so big
I remember my hands so small
I remember every little thing
I remember it all
The willow in the school-ground
The backstop in the park
The pavilion of a million names
The forest in the dark
The cubby-hole we smoked in
The graffiti on the walls
The speckled green and black floors
That lies within our old school’s walls
The parties of our youth
Held within night-time forest dark
That lay beyond our parents’ eyes
Out behind the park
The friends that we all knew
And never would forget
All my time I’d spent there
I never will forget

 

© 2008 James Takeo Panton


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Simple and beautiful.... THANK YOU!

Posted 15 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

such a most touching write here, I can feel the emotion in it.

Posted 15 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Makes me wish I hadn't been moved around so much as a child. So many memories..so many schools. Your poem is very touching, makes me almost feel as tho I was there. Bravo

xoxo

Posted 15 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

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Again your words bring me back to old memories of my own. Very well done.

Posted 15 Years Ago


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James Takeo Panton
James Takeo Panton

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Canada



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I am a 38-year old amateur and have only recently started writing some stuff. I began putting down these words around November, 2007, and discovered that I enjoyed doing this, and now I am seeing w.. more..

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