| Show PIONEER GRANDFATHER Jewel King Larsen 465 south 100 East St George UT 84770 Professional Division Third Place Poetry see that old hand-made table with the four tiny hard-wood chairs Thenthink of the one who made them shaping each with such loving care In my mindeye see him toiling in his faded home-spun shirt Smoothing the wood with gentle touch softly hummingtune as he worked Howlong to discern his feelings 4s he crossed the great divide Know how he coped with the sorrow amd grief When cherished loved ones died yearn to take his hand in mine and tell him how deeplycare How muchesteem and revere him and those other brave souls who dared knowshall see Talk with him facehopecan tell With honer in the Source him someday to face himcarried the torch race The table and chairs referred to in the poem are still in use at the home ofmember of the family -69 |
