Sandlots of Grand Canarsie
Sandlots of Grand Canarsie ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
June 20, 2021
Way back when as a chubby little boy
On a sandy hill I sat
Canarsie was replete with snakes,
Lumpy toads, an occasional bat
Adventures grand we all would have
In those swamps and sandlots galore
Way back when Canarsie
Was the country of dreams and more
I’d sit on that mound of beach-like sand
Just pondering life away
Stuffed yellow toy duck close in hand
My brain would soar each day
I’d contemplate dear Grabsteins franks
Oh what a sumptuous joy!
Perhaps I’d take a walk to the pier
Great adventure for a chubby little boy!
I yearn again for a simpler time
A time of sandlots and joy
A sandlot where I loved to explore
With snakes and toads, oh boy!
I sit here now well seasoned in life
Nostalgia fills my brain
My body much older, each morning I ache
You just get used to the pain
But when it gets bad and muscles get stiff
I allow my brain cells to roam
Back to a time, a joyous time
When Canarsie sandlots were called my home
About this poem
My nostalgic look back to a simpler time as a child, playing in the sandlots of Canarsie Brooklyn back in the 1950s.
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Submitted by shulman.gary on June 20, 2021
Modified by shulman.gary on June 20, 2021
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXX BCACXDADEFEFABXBGBDBXHXHXIGI |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 974 |
Words | 192 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 28 |
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