by Cheryl Merrick
Town Event
Blaring calls to awake
5K run and ribbons
Excitement & sirens
Lining up & setting up
Parade down Main Street
Yearly Theme
Primary Children
on floats and bikes
High School Band
lawnmowers and horses
Showing posts with label Pioneer Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pioneer Day. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Mapleton Pioneer Day 2012
by Cheryl Merrick
Awakened by police sirens, we begin our holiday.
My husband joins the runners gathering at the city building.
Sun not yet over the mountains, the races begin.
Young men, competing with each other,
are encouraged by family cheers.
Fathers, pacing to shorter legs, allow their children
to just beat them over the finish line,
Mothers running pushing strollers,
Children struggling through their first race,
and gray headed men and women,
are all cheered as they cross the finish line.
Awakened by police sirens, we begin our holiday.
My husband joins the runners gathering at the city building.
Sun not yet over the mountains, the races begin.
Young men, competing with each other,
are encouraged by family cheers.
Fathers, pacing to shorter legs, allow their children
to just beat them over the finish line,
Mothers running pushing strollers,
Children struggling through their first race,
and gray headed men and women,
are all cheered as they cross the finish line.
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