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Day 9 of #VerseLove2024 with Denise Krebs: List Poems

Denise Krebs of California is our host today for #VerseLove2024. She inspires us to write List Poems. You can read her full prompt here. I’ve added some pictures, just for fun – – a quick glimpse of our wedding weekend on St. Simons Island, Georgia, where my brother Ken and his bride Jennifer were wed on Saturday afternoon. Narrowing it down to the top ten – – that was a tough challenge!

I love a list poem because it doesn’t have to rhyme, it can be random, and it can be completely out of order or it can run in a countdown fashion to the top of the list. Mine is random, and it’s a photographic prose list poem, a blend of all my favorite kinds. I could not pick a single favorite moment.

Top 10 Wedding Weekend Moments

Straight-from-the-soul smiles on my brother and his bride’s faces, so full of happiness and love,

meeting my brother’s new family and feeling both sides merge into one big family,

getting a new sister-in-law,

placing flowers on the altar in memory of our mothers,

seeing the shoes of my son and husband and feeling them lift me up when I fell,

watching the dads dance – one with a cane, one with bionic knees, but believe it: these two can groove,

watching my brother watch the love of his life come down the aisle,

spending time with extended family and close family (5 of our 6 grandchildren),

figuring out how to win the dinner bill argument with my son since I own nearly one million shares of Shiba Inu (only worth about $25.00 total at .00002 a share, but hey – – it worked),

playing and having a picnic in the parks and hearing my 5 year old grandson’s response when I tried to tell him my ice cream was mashed potatoes and he took the folded arm stance and firmly stated, “that’s impossible!” (they all got ice cream).

18 Replies to “Day 9 of #VerseLove2024 with Denise Krebs: List Poems”

  1. Kim,

    This is such a joy-filled post. I can’t stop smiling as I read. The happiness transcends the cyber world. All the pictures are wonderful. I wish we could do the picture thing over on the poetry stream. I hope the joy of this past weekend carrie’s you through this month.

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  2. Kim, we love this!! Reading your favorite moments warmed our hearts. It’s sparked lots of dialogue and elicited many smiles. Thank you for sharing our wonderful day with everyone. We love you. J&K

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  6. Kim, I am applauding every celebratory line and moment! I know your heart must be overflowing with joy. I recall reading of your brother and his future bride awhile back, how exciting and hopeful that time was – and now I am just so happy for you all. Everyone looks so radiant in the photos (I so hope you weren’t hurt when you fell – oh no!). I love the dinner bill argument so much and that grandson and the ice cream interaction is the cherry on top of the perfection here – oh how I can see my granddaughters in that stance! Yes – let them, let us all, eat ice cream – life is short, let us LIVE IT!

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  7. Your post is SO full of family TIME and LOVE. I was never a big fan of weddings or funerals or even big birthday parties, in years past. I needed, or at least I thought I needed, my weekends to catch up on cleaning and to prepare for the busy week ahead. Every non-working day was TOO full and anything added to our already busy schedule was stressful.

    Now, I treasure all of those moments and events and days. Gatherings with those we love, as you describe, are the spice of life.

    Congratulations to your brother who sure looks happy!

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