GULF COAST MEMORIES
Azaleas
Brilliant fuchsia jewels
Tender white gardenias
Magnolia blossoms sweet
Snakelike Kudzu vines
Creep along the whitewashed trellis
Eerie Spanish moss
Witches locks
Add mystery to her allure
So many traduce
Malign her humble spell
Appealing memories hold me close
Childhood pleasantries
Safety from the storms that swirl of age
Mobile Alabama
Nobel city by the bay
Perdido Key Florida
When sugar sand dunes stood mighty
Fort Morgan’s macabre bloodstained stone
Confederate ghosts
Still haunt the dank black halls
My humble mind drifts back in longing
Warmest approbation
Dreams the years can’t swindle
© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006
