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Distant songs
I was watching kids on a playground the other day, remembering games I played in the long ago, such fun it was, even the remembering. I don’t think the games or pranks have changed much … DISTANT SONGS the game … Continue reading
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Tagged children, games, imagination, memories, poem, pranks
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Taller Than Five
And then there’s the fun side of living: watching a child standing tall, people dancing in the street, face-painting, finding the first snowdrop, all the small joys of everyday … TALLER THAN FIVE he balances on the wooden bench taller … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, children, children's games, game, poem
Tagged children, imagination, poem
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The Invisibility
Hallowe’en: it’s Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere, and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, both beginning at sunset of this day, October 31! Not only trick-or-treat day, but the Eve of All Saints Day so anything can happen … THE INVISIBILITY … Continue reading
Posted in children's games, ghosts, Hallow e'en, poem
Tagged ghosts, Hallow e'en, imagination, poem, season, strange happening
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Child on a Swing
Easter! Flowers, Easter eggs, Family, Chocolate … what more can anyone want? Daffodils … rabbits … A CHILD ON A SWING I saw this child among an alchemy of angels polished, sun-bright brazen in flying delight he went skyways high … Continue reading
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Tagged children, children's games, chocolate, Easter, family, holiday, poem, sun, swing
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Ecstatic Angels
One of those evenings when the only thing to do is to go out and play in the snow. Be children all over again …. A ECSTATIC ANGELS I lie in the snow swishing wondrous arcs with arms and legs … Continue reading
Posted in children's games, poem, snow, Uncategorized, winter
Tagged angels, children's games, cold, evening, poem, weather, winter
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Games All Year
The newspaper announced the other day that it’s ‘the silly season’. I’m not sure what they meant but perhaps we challenge ourselves in different ways? Stand on one foot for an hour, skip rope for a day? Climb a mountain? … Continue reading
Posted in children's games, game, imagination, poem, season
Tagged adventure, children's games, craziness, games, poem, season
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3 tanka
It’s Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. I’ve caught glimpses of the small joys of spring-time, flowers in bud, skipping ropes in use … and here are a few more, as tanka … Summer is in the air … A A … Continue reading
Child and Mother in a Field
I’m beginning to hear ‘I want …’ this or that for Christmas. So why not ask for the impossible or the improbable? Ask for peace on earth, friendship between countries … Ask for homes for the homeless, food for the … Continue reading
Posted in children's games, fields, imagination, poetry, violin
Tagged gifts, music, poetry, violin
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