Poetry
How a Scent Can Trigger a Beautiful Memory
A poem of contentment
1 min readJan 10, 2024
Contentment
The scent of pine
Takes me back
Far back
To a bench
I sit beside
My grandfather
We chat
I’m ten years old
The pine trees
Surround us
The shade
Envelopes us
He smokes
A pipe
It mixes
With the pine
Peace
Contentment
Love
Every time
I smell
The scent
Of pine
I remember
My grandfather
©Janis Cox January 2024
Its branches will spread out like beautiful olive trees,
as fragrant as the cedars of Lebanon. (Hosea 14:6, NLT)
From a writer’s prompt in my online group.
Our writing prompt says, “Begin with a smell that brings it all back.”
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Janis has published two children’s books, (ages up to 7) and (ages 5 and up). Her watercolour art illustrates her books. There is also a book of
