Our third place poetry winner is Julianna Lacefield, with her beautiful poem, Ode to a Dirt Road. Julianna is a charter member of the Okefenokee Heritage Center Writer's Guild, an outstanding community theatre actress, a teaching assistant, and a wonderful mother. This poem has also been published in Wayne Morgan's new photo collection, From Zirkle to Alaska.
Ode to a Dirt Road
by Julianna Lacefield
Simple is, as simple does
A charmed life, a single love
I drive through ruts of dirt and sand
To reach his place, and hold his hand
A country by that loves his home
He shares his family and his road
With no stoplights or intersections
Just forks to yield, and kind directions
Dogs roaming free, back to greet you
Tipping hats and waving hands too
Courtesy, the language fluent
Tradition lies at every bend
Stretching from both sides of the road
Upon this land, and in the homes
Wild things and natural spaces
Friendly folks, with smiling faces
Bonding us, the pathway seems
Joining time, a dirt road means
Simple is, as simple does
Many lives and many loves
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