Crossing Ohio When Poppies
Bloom in
Ashtabula
-
by Carl Sandburg
Go away. Leave the high winds of
May
blowing over the fields of grape vines
near the northwest corner of Pennsylvania.
Leave the doorstep peonies
pushing high bosoms at passers- by
in northern Ohio towns in May.
Leave the boys flying light blue kites
on a deep blue sky; and the yellow, the
yellow spilling over the drinking rims
of the buttercups, piling their yellows
into foam blown sea rims of yellow;
Go away; go to New York,
Broadway, Fifth Avenue, glass
lights and leaves, glass faces,
fingers; go
Pick me poppies in Ohio, mother.
Pick me poppies in the back yard
in Ashtabula.
May going, poppies coming, summer humming:
make it a poppy summer, mother; the leaves sing in the
silk, the leaves sing a tawny red gold; seven sunsets
saved themselves
to be here now.
Pick me poppies, mother; go, May; wash me, summer;
shoot up this back yard in Ashtabula, shoot it up,
give us a daylight fireworks in Ohio, burn it up with
tawny red
gold.
[ poem provided
by Lois Linderman Vaughn ]
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Another
Ashtabula reference....
Here is a great ♪song
written and sung by Canadian/Scottish musician David
Francey about the Ashtabula Harbor. From his
album "Seaway" (2009)
(song at 3:35)
♫ ♪♫ ♪
Another
Ashtabula reference:
Bob Dylan's
song
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After
55 years
Come to an AHS
Class of 1969 Get Together
Saturday, August 17, 2024
at 7pm
The Dublin Down
4618 Main Ave, Ashtabula
rsvp before Thurs, Aug 15
Email, Text or call
Nancy Airaksinen Brail nbrail03@gmail.com, (440)
563-1659
Tom Partridge
tvpartridge@windstream.net,
(440) 964-3697
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Welcome
Ashtabula 69ers!
Through
the magic of an incredible GoFundMe campaign
this web site is in buisiness once again!
24 class members donated in support of
our page, allowing me to get some professional
help with an aging page design. I know
it's not very up-to-date, but some of us could
make the same claim and we're doing just fine
holding down our place in the
world! A HUGE THANK YOU to
all who got in touch and contributed.
ALWAYS:
Remember to update your contact info by sending
a note with your email address to Mary.
We hate losing track of anyone and you don't
want to miss any news!
ABOUT
THIS PAGE: Over the
years these pages have been a
joint effort by several classmates:
Jerry Maunus got us started, maybe as early
as 2000. Jerry was the sole funder for
server space from 2008 to 2012.
Darrell Hamilton contributed early on,
particularly with historical content and
birthdays. Mary Ellsworth created the
current design of these pages and maintains
them.
Robert Rinto sent funds to cover
the cost of this website for 2015. Carol
Dewey and Linette Chaney helped in
2018-2020. In 2024 twenty four class
members made donations that have set us in
motion again.
"There's
something about growing older that
makes you want to re-establish old
ties."
- Paula Wakser McDonald
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HELP
ALWAYS NEEDED
Are
you interested in helping with a future
REUNION? Let us know. Get
in touch.
It won't happen unless we all work together.
There is not really a Reunion Committee... it's just
us folks. You and me and the next member of our
class ....
Do
you have something to contribute to these
pages? Ideas?
Suggestions? Get in touch.
Help
is needed with locating missing
classmates , collecting email addresses,
and we may need to do some fund raising in order
to maintain this web site.
Please
SHARE this web address to any AHS 69ers you are
in touch with.
Go Bula!
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