Sand

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grandfather, Haiku, poem, Poetry

a beach full of kids
grandfathers monopolize
the sandcastle building

Titles

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conversations, diet, grandchildren, grandfather, humor, humour, piscatarian

‘Grampi’
‘Yes’
‘Mum said you were a pissytarian, Mum said’
‘Mmm’
‘Yes, ’cause you only eat fish’
‘Perhaps she said, ‘piscatarian’?’
‘That’s right, pissytarian’
‘OK’

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