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Reflections in Moonlight

Published by broussardlana on March 19, 2017

The night we

swam in the pond

dark water and moonlight

our teeth slightly chattering,

brilliantly gleaming

in the not quite warm spring

glad your farmhouse

was six miles out of town

sanctuary to hide Strawberry Hill wine

that tasted somewhat

like the sour grapes of living

mixed with lifesavers

treading water

giggling girls, silly splashing

gum tree casting shadows

car lights bounced across the vista

somewhere in the distance

we raced for the dock

scurry, hurry

as little night trolls scrambled

purveyors of night schemes

keepers of secrets

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  1. Just Joan Just Joan

    Who could forget Boone’s Farm? It did taste like “sour grapes of living / mixed with lifesavers.” And that familiar panic when you thought someone was coming? Nice alliteration and embedded rhyming. Especially loved the magical ending… “as little night trolls scrambled / purveyors of night schemes / keepers of secrets.” A story we all know well, masterfully told. Great job, Lana!:)

    # March 20, 2017
    • L. T. Garvin, Author L. T. Garvin, Author

      Thank you, Sha’Tara. It is a bit reminiscent, I hadn’t thought about that, it has been awhile since I read it. A great excuse to re-read with summer coming up 😀

      # March 20, 2017
  10. Phil R Phil R

    Putting aside the blatant breaches of health and safety… 😉
    Great piece of writing, LT showing off your ability to place a reader at the scene. Fortunately it was dark and I couldn’t hear any secrets for the splashing and ear piercing scream when someone saw me behind the gum tree and mistook me for a night troll 🙂

    # March 20, 2017
    • L. T. Garvin, Author L. T. Garvin, Author

      Phil, you make me laugh so much. I wish you could bottle that wonderful sense of humor and give it to all of us, then I wouldn’t have to troll around the dark recesses of memory to dig up a story. Or perhaps I would….humor is always such great fun!

      # March 20, 2017
      • Phil R Phil R

        Oh thanks LT. The deal is you keep digging round the recesses of your memory for your excellent stories and I’ll try and make an entertaining quip once in a while 🙂

        # March 20, 2017
  11. D. Wallace Peach D. Wallace Peach

    Lovely, Lana. Brings back memories. For me, it was Boone’s Farm Apple Wine and nighttime skinny dips in Lake Champlain in VT. I love how so many of us have similar memories of our youths. You captured those days beautifully. 🙂

    # March 20, 2017
    • L. T. Garvin, Author L. T. Garvin, Author

      Oh yes, I think youth and Boone’s Farm go hand in hand, right along with night time dips in pools, ponds and lakes. Good memories of a more carefree time. Thanks Diana 😀

      # March 20, 2017
  13. Debbie Debbie

    Love your references to the past, Lana! And who can’t identify with the secrets that only besties share?!?

    # March 20, 2017
  16. Annika Perry Annika Perry

    Beautifully written with a sweet story of youth…can just sense the cold, excitement and then fear of being seen. Lovely ending of ‘as little night trolls scrambled/ purveyors of night schemes/keepers of secrets’. When those secrets feel large enough to fill your world. Have a great weekend, Lana. 😀❤️

    # March 24, 2017
    • L. T. Garvin, Author L. T. Garvin, Author

      Thank you so much, Annika, for your gracious comments. I’m glad you enjoyed reading this. What a wonderful way to describe those teenage secrets, “when they feel large enough to fill your world.” That’s really how those secrets seem back then. Have a lovely weekend also, Annika 😀

      # March 24, 2017

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