Monday, July 27, 2020

DRUGGIST OF THE HOLLER

Quadrille Monday and the word
is BRAMBLES.  Here’s a flash
fiction poem.
Submitted to dVerse
July 27, 2020
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Granny lived on Blackberry Hill
She was the druggist of the holler*
She sold her herbal remedies 
A bottle for a dollar
Mountain folk didn’t mind
They were used to mountain rambles     
But what they minded most of all
Was getting through the brambles. 


* "holler" is Appalachian for a mountain
hollow, a valley of sorts between mountains.
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17 comments:

  1. Linda Lee LybergJuly 27, 2020 at 2:52 PM

    What a wonderful little 44 word story.

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  2. Sanaa RizviJuly 27, 2020 at 3:13 PM

    This is beautifully worded, Bev!💝💝

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  3. Jade LiJuly 27, 2020 at 3:16 PM

    You need a machete to get through them in places, I would imagine. Nice slice of life story, Beverly.

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  4. Ron.July 27, 2020 at 3:29 PM

    Woods is woods
    and brambles is brambles

    never the twain shall part, eh?

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  5. JennaJuly 27, 2020 at 4:03 PM

    I like this. :)

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  6. Gillena CoxJuly 27, 2020 at 4:16 PM

    Nice one Bev

    Much🍇love

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  7. TruedessaJuly 27, 2020 at 4:49 PM

    I enjoyed the story poem. They were used to mountain rambles.

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  8. LucyJuly 27, 2020 at 5:28 PM

    This is such an enjoyable and engaging poem. I love it.

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  9. Dwight L. RothJuly 27, 2020 at 7:18 PM

    I love your mountain ramble of a tale about grandma the medicine woman who as we used to say, "Lived in the sticks!!"

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  10. judydykstrabrown.comJuly 27, 2020 at 9:59 PM

    Ha.. You have the vernacular down. Sounds like my mother's family a generation before her!

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  11. Kim M. RussellJuly 28, 2020 at 1:29 AM

    I love this, Bev! An old-time story with brambles. I imagine Granny as a with witch-like and full of natural wisdom. I enjoyed the rhythm and rhyme.

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  12. Jane DoughertyJuly 28, 2020 at 5:57 AM

    Made me smile :)

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  13. ChristineJuly 28, 2020 at 7:23 PM

    I love this story and can picture all of the people who read it finding someway to relate

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  14. kaykualaJuly 29, 2020 at 2:36 AM

    But what they minded most of all
    Was getting through the brambles

    If they want it they would have to go through all the thorny bushes in the way. The rhyming is great Bev!

    Hank

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  15. BillJuly 29, 2020 at 4:39 AM

    Well done. I enjoyed it.

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  16. Vivian ZemsJuly 29, 2020 at 3:29 PM

    A charming tale...set in a breathtaking scene.

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  17. A Reading WriterJuly 31, 2020 at 2:42 AM

    I love how you detailed this poem, Beverly. Beautifully charming.

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