Posts tagged ‘childhood’

December 24, 2022

HAIKU: CHRISTMASES PAST – ENCORE

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

My Christmases Past

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December 17, 2022

Of shillings and treasure revisited

by Jem Croucher

6 of 12 in ‘The of…’ series from Jemverse 2022

I watched the shilling spinning
it was mine in no small measure
Enough to buy two Matchbox cars
to hold and keep and treasure
The fingers twisted blithely
as they caught and spun again
but I saw no abandon
found no one there to blame

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October 13, 2022

Conkers (reprise)

by Jem Croucher

10 of 12 in the ‘Fading Days’ series from Jemverse

I’d turn back time
(If only I could)
For I’ve a bag full of conkers
which I found in the wood
Recalling the days
of muddied scuffed knees
Long days in the sunshine
and the climbing of trees

‘Borrowing’ a skewer
from the kitchen drawer
when stringed conkers in pocket
was what life was for
We threw sticks to the branches
to see what would fall
and the thrill of the find
was just part of it all

September 23, 2022

#164 POETRY =

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

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September 8, 2022

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By Charles Robert Lindholm
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August 23, 2022

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By Charles Robert Lindholm

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October 29, 2021

Conkers (revisited)

by Jem Croucher

5 of 7 in the Jemverse series ‘Autumn 21’

I’d turn back time
(If only I could)
For I’ve a bag full of conkers
which I found in the wood
Recalling the days
of muddied scuffed knees
Long days in the sunshine
and the climbing of trees

‘Borrowing’ a skewer
from the kitchen drawer
when stringed conkers in pocket
was what life was for
We threw sticks to the branches
to see what would fall
and the thrill of the find
was just part of it all

December 21, 2020

HAIKU: CHRISTMASES PAST – REPRISE

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

My Christmases Past

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December 16, 2020

INNOCENT DAYS ARE GONE

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Oh, For The Bliss
Of Childhood
When We Knew
Nothing
Of The World
And The Way
It Worked

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November 20, 2020

HAIKU: SHIPWRECKS OF AUTUMN

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Sail leaves down streams

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December 15, 2019

What do I remember first?

by The Cheesesellers Wife

Is it the blackboard where I learnt my ABCs?
The way I tripped over my own feet, scarring my knees?

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December 3, 2019

This town of mine

by Jem Croucher

Someone sent a photograph
of how it used to be
Shoreham when I was a lad
Evoked a memory

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December 23, 2018

HAIKU: CHRISTMASES PAST – REPRISE

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

My Christmases Past

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August 25, 2018

INNOCENT DAYS ARE GONE

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Oh, For The Bliss
Of Childhood
When We Knew
Nothing
Of The World
And The Way
It Worked

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June 8, 2018

HAIKU: BUILDING SANDCASTLES

by thereluctantpoet

SANDCASTLE AT SUNDOWN
By Charles Robert Lindholm

BUILDING SANDCASTLES

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES AT THE BEACH

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May 28, 2018

Business Trip

by Nick Anthony

The full moon rises,
Glistening like a fresh silver dollar
As Mother Earth lets off steam
And unbuttons her stifling collar
To feel the breeze of the Sun’s departure.

Eagerly I wait at the window
For my moon to come home,
So I can feel the breeze of his sigh
As he sits on his leathery black throne
And watches me with contentment from on high.

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May 14, 2018

A Mother’s Dreams

by Stephen

Your dreams do not predict the future,
Be relieved they process the past
So you can function this morning.
Your fear still burns
The sweet blood in your veins,
It contaminates your heart.

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April 12, 2018

KITTENS AND PUPPIES

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm
KITTEN AND PUPPY WITH FLOWERS
Kittens And Puppies

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March 3, 2018

ALONG THE SHORELINE

by thereluctantpoet

3LINETALES - WEEK 109 - ALONG THE SHORELINE BY JEREMY BISHOP
photo by Jeremy Bishop via Unsplash
3LINETALES – WEEK 109

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Stand Along The Shoreline Frolicking In The Surf

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February 27, 2018

LIVING WITH A DISGUISE

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I’m Not Sure I Know
When It Happened
It Must Have Been
A Subtle Thing

Coloring In A Book
Drawing On A Blank Page
Singing To Myself
Pretending And Make Believe,
Imagining

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February 18, 2018

WHEN YOU CAN BEHAVE YOURSELF

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Was,
Shall We Say
A Bit Difficult
As A Child

What Were
The Words
They Used?

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February 16, 2018

THREE LINE TALES – WEEK 107 – GRANDMAS ARE THE BEST!

by thereluctantpoet

THREE LINE TALES - WEEK - 107 - GRANDMAS ARE THE BEST

photo by Frank McKenna via Unsplash

 BY CHARLES ROBERT LINDHOLM

AN OLD FASHIONED WOMAN WHO USED NEEDLE AND THREAD

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February 7, 2018

The Cosmos

by Nick Anthony

When I was born, the Cosmos was young.
It’s exponential growth had scarcely begun.
As an infant, I learned to always ask, “Why?”
And the universe expanded with each reply.
Across the island of knowledge I began to crawl
And found not an edge or end, but endless sprawl.

Until, I heard something I knew was absurd.
Even though people called scientists avidly concurred
That the Cosmos was finite and several billion years old,
Who were they to limit what my universe could hold?
When, contrary to the revered “intellectuals’” thinking,
Visceral evidence told me, the Cosmos was shrinking.

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January 17, 2018

#164 POETRY =

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Poetry =

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January 2, 2018

#149 POETRY =

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By Charles Robert Lindholm
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December 23, 2017

HAIKU: CHRISTMASES PAST

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

My Christmases Past

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December 13, 2017

HAIKU: A LEAF ARMADA

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

A Leaf Armada

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December 6, 2017

#134 POETRY =

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

POETRY =

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