Remembering Pa

She found a folded, faded photograph

In the back of a dusty drawer

Out in the barn

As she was busy sorting through

Things for ‘the auction’ To settle the estate.

A weathered, red face

On an angular man still tall,

Dressed in clean but faded bib overalls

And his ever-present sweat stained

John Deere bent-bill cap,

Evoked memories of her past

And her father’s image When he was a force be reckoned with

Now almost forgotten – Frozen in time.

By Linda Amos