Monette Paul
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Monette PaulSierra Vista, Arizona |
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Monette Paul is a twin born May 2,1935 in Pineville, Louisiana. She was raised on a farm and was a very poor country girl with a ninth grade education. She is now a widow with four children, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Writing poems is her hobby, besides planting flowers and gardening. When Monette was young, she worked in a shoe store and dress shop and as a care taker. She began writing poems in her early teens and still has one copy. She sings some of her own songs and reads poems in church and nursing homes. She gives thanks to The National Library of Poetry, they have published a lot of her poems and she is "so grateful." Monette says, "We all have gifts and should use them - a song or a poem could help others and is soothing to the mind. Any one reading my poetry would know a lot about me. I am sixty-two years young." |
Little House Made Out Of LogsI was raised in a little houseMade out of logs Had a dirt chimney Made from moss Cut out windows No glass at all Little house Made out of logs Never swept any floor Made out of dirt You don't see any more Kerosene lamps Water from the spring Makes me thirsty again Raised on potatoes and cornbread Wood stove was all we had Never thought much about the holidays Just a season for another time and place Can't forget how I was raised Makes you learn to appreciate I could do the same in time Little log house On my mind |
Pictures On The WallI sent this poem to al my children, they all came homefor Christmas. Pictures on the wall
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Little Brown Crowder PeasThank the Lord for crowder peasHad a place to plant some seeds A long my way To work on the street The Lord had them waiting Just for me He said when you ask
So I planted those little crowder peas
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