Choices

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child, childhood, food, haiku, humour, ice cream, life, people, poetry

On seeing a young hopeful

ice cream cabinet
child’s pressed nose leaves impression
so many choices!

Beans

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beans, childhood, gardening, grandfather, happiness, memories, poetry, tanka

On feeling nostalgic (Tanka)

planting runner beans
memories of fun childhood
grandfather’s garden
as fast as he put them in
I managed to take them out

Sand

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childhood, haiku, happy, memories, poetry, sand, sandwiches, seaside

A view of the sea

Happy childhood memories

Sand in sandwiches

yesteryear

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childhood, dreams, haiku, hay, memory, summer, yesteryear

smell of fresh cut hay
memories as sure as smoke
dreams of yesteryear

life

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alive, child, childhood, climbing, fun, haiku, life, meaning, philosophy, tree

 

searching for meaning?
have you ever climbed a tree?
it’s never too late

addendum      (fear not –  it need only be a very small tree, the view from the top will be great!)

Memories

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childhood, dragons, friendship, fun, games, haiku, memories, poem, poetry

Remember childhood?
We could fly, and fight dragons
Almost forever

Heartache

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childhood, grief, haiku, loss, Mother's Day, mothers

How can the heart miss

one lost before memories?

Mothering Sunday