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beach scene
It’s beach time, summer and the lazy days of sun and watching waves splash on sand. Time to swim or read or do absolutely nothing and all of it outside, as long as it doesn’t rain … BEACH SCENE (chain … Continue reading
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
Posted in children, children's games, poem
Tagged children, games, imagination, memories, poem, pranks
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Lost journeys
All too often I forget things, put a book down and forget where I’ve put it, put something in a safe place and can’t remember where the safe place is, or forget the way somewhere. My forgettery works overtime … … Continue reading
Moving On
The year moves on as earth turns, and we travel into Spring, winter plans hopefully long completed, and we’re looking forward to a long stretch of summer relaxation … MOVING ON he moved his workshop – tools and sawdust lathe … Continue reading
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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Return
Remembrance Day is coming up. I’m sure anyone whose relations, whether close or distant, died in a World War has memories and questions as I do about my father… RETURN would the wind bring back the father who strides the … Continue reading
Posted in memory, poem, Remembrance Day
Tagged birds, children, memories, poem, relationships, war
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Another Jack
Schools are back in the swing and I’m wondering if nursery rhymes are still sung or said at home or school, pre-school or kindergarten. Here’s a medley of lines from some of the more famous, or not, from childhood … … Continue reading
The Bowl
I have one particular bowl, in use for years, but these days I put my evening meds in it. The memory of its making is a treasure and using it a continual reminder … THE BOWL a child’s hands poked … Continue reading
On White Dunes
Remembrance Day, November 11th, is fast approaching. I’ve been reading my father’s poetry, and thinking of him. He died in Normandy, June 1944. His poems reveal how soldiers carry homes, families, their past, close to their hearts … ON WHITE … Continue reading
In My Atlas
A bird’s or a child’s view of the landscape can be so different from what the map shows, or our own limited view … IN MY ATLAS the twisted grin of a rural road seen by a crow on its … Continue reading
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