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Mamo's Electric Blanket
by Rusty C Arquette
In the middle of a black moonless night
When all is blowing so cold outside
A little boy wakes up cold and he lies shivering
In a drafty wood-framed cracker house
The darkness in the room surrounds
And frightened, in his bed he lies softly crying
The wind moans through pine slat walls
Both his parents fail to hear his call
He hides deep beneath the bed covers sobbing
Someone comes quietly on padding feet
He feels the radiance of body heat
As Mamo whispers, Child, hush your crying
She bends to help her little shaking man
And leads him by his sleepy hand
Down a hall where their footsteps are receding
He climbs into her soft cloudlike bed
Lavender pillow beneath his head
She pulls him close and he hears her breathing
The cold he felt is quickly left behind
As he revels in this peace of mind
In Mamos embrace he is contentedly nodding
So in a warmth hell never know again
In the arms of one who loved him
In Mamos electric blanket hes softly sleeping
09/27/2000 Author's Note: One of my earliest memories...
Posted on 05/10/2008
Copyright © 2025 Rusty C Arquette
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Joe Cramer on 05/10/08 at 09:09 PM RCat! One of your best... adding to my favorites! Simply outstanding!!! |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 05/11/08 at 01:47 AM A heart warming poem Rusty....CharMin |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 05/11/08 at 02:01 AM So very nostalgic and comforting. I too am sending it as one of my favorites. |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 05/11/08 at 04:21 AM Just beautiful. And the perfect picture to go with it. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 05/11/08 at 06:02 PM Sweet memory! I assume this is grandma?? Flashes all kinds of memories at me thinking of my grandma. Thanks for that. A precious kind of love and comfort. |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 05/12/08 at 07:46 PM A fine and gentle touch, Rusty. We so need these memories, they recall the innocent us, the long ago us. Lucky if we have them. And here's to Aristotle, who said, "memory is the scribe of the soul." Delighted. Thanks. |
| Posted by Sandy M. Humphrey on 05/13/08 at 05:38 PM Sweet and comforting, thanks for sharing. smh |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 05/16/08 at 01:47 PM Excellent combination of subject and use of tight stanza to deliver this baby Rcat. The change of this style from your usual free verse quite the pleasant surprise also. |
| Posted by Graeme Fielden on 01/25/11 at 11:46 AM great to see the stalwarts back on the front page. a heart warming story, R Cat. Congrats on POTD. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 01/25/11 at 04:51 PM I realized the other day I hadn't seen Rusty in quite awhile. Good to see this as POTD! |
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