Prairie Courtship Ritual
I cherished the drama of adolescence—
the lanky charm and urgency of teenage boys
and the yearly infusion of high school-aged combiners
with their exotic southern drawls,
up from Kansas for the summer wheat harvest,
bold itinerant competition for our shy local cowboys.
Summer nights, cruising main,
honks and rolled-down windows
and perhaps, at the Saturday night dance,
trying to adjust my steps to a new partner—
flushed with excitement,
even in my memory.
Prompt words today are drama, itinerant, cherish, lank and urgency.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Lovely. But I must be amused that you connect “exotic southern drawls” with those Kansas boys way up north of me!
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The outfit was from ougKansas but some of the boys were from farther south. My mother, raised in Junction City, Kansas, had a southern drawl she fought to lose because they teased her about it in South Dakota.
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This small vignette is so lovely, Judy.
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Fabulous. Arousing. Vivid.
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Hi Dale…Don’t you think Zoe looks like Frida???
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This is such a lovely piece, I can feel your memory through your vivid words. Things are felt so keenly in adolescence 🙂
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Thanks, Ocean Bream…
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Lovely picture, beautifully drawn.
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