Held in our cups
of “sweet tea”
causing our heads to spin
saying words we may not recall.
Listening to
Uncle Joe tell silly jokes
daring aunt Jane to do her dance
a dance stuck in our hearts
like glue or old chewing gum
from Jimmy and Julie’s summer wedding
Oh…
Oh summer sunset whispers of laughter and living
of Whispers from kids we carry
of kids growing and leaving
of granny holding papaw’s hand
of a family tree all in one spot
of time spent together
of life well lived
through the sunset whispers of Summer.
Susan McMillan
Rhythm In Life 
Beautiful!
Thank you Marcia 🙏
Loved your poem. I like the tea and lemonade containers.
Thank you very much Peggy. The best part for me is my groom reading it 🙏
Yes, his reading was very nice – his voice is pleasant.
He says he is not good. He is an Engineer by profession; so he tends to limit his expertise to numbers and things in that line. I think he is amazing 😁💝
Nice to think your spouse is amazing. My spouse is an amazing man also. Lucky us! 🙂
🙏
Beautiful!
Thank you my dear 🙏
Beautiful and the reading was very nice and calm- set the tone for the words
Thank you very much my dear. I hope you enjoyed reading and listening to it🙏💝
I enjoyed hearing your husband read. Was this more his story of the summers he lived?
Thank you Miss Elizabeth 🙏. This is our current story from our small town .💞
Wonderful.
that is beautiful.
Thank you Aparna 🙏
Hello Susan. I loved reading this poem. It seemed to read with pace and energy. It sounds like a lovely celebration ot time spent with family and freinds. I loved the part:
‘ a dance stuck in our hearts, like glue or old chewing gum’ …gives me a great image n my head of a dance well known and loved.
Take care Susan. i hope you have many more happy times like this.
-Carly
Dearest Carly, hugs my sister 💝. I am so happy you enjoyed this poem. It was written from a Happy place of my heart; sitting with friends that have become Family enjoying laughter as we watch the evening go by while listening to live music. Our community is beautiful and it’s felt like family reunion this summer so far.🙏
Thank you Aparna🙏
Stirs up wonderful memories.
I am glad it does 😁💝
More, more, please! What a wonderful reading voice! I love that title and the poem delivers.