Under the Porch Light

[Caleb Murdock]

Don't get me wrong...I DO like your poem. But you've already told me you are "putting this one to bed" so I'm not sure what you really want. Listen to Jimmy Durante's version of "When You're Young at Heart" This is the best version out there for the message you are working toward that " people generally continue to feel young in their hearts as they age." I agree, until their bodies or their minds won't allow it any longer. And all poems are worth more than a dime. I was being facetious. Mine are so yours must be By the way, I'm almost 70...I'm not "old" either, but I have buried both parents and a sister. I know a thing or two about this subject, too.

Just so you'll know, I thought better of my "dime" remark, and I deleted it before you posted. I didn't mean to be snarky.

As I said a few posts up, I'm concerned that I was romanticizing old age when I wrote this in my late 40's, and I think you're reacting to that. People get less romantic as they age.

I want to put the poem to "bed" in the sense that I want to get it in final form and don't want to bother with it any more.

I have also buried both parents and a sister.

Thanks again for your feedback! I'll look up the Durante song.