Tag Archives: childhood

Under the rainbow

Posted on March 2, 2020 by

While her dad and I worked in the garden, fixing the wind-battered shed, Hollie sat at my desk, watching the fish in the aquarium and drawing me a picture. We had just been looking at some photos of her father … Continue reading →

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A sense of home

Posted on March 1, 2020 by

I spent the afternoon with my great grandparents. The fact that their ashes were scattered to the winds over thirty years ago seemed irrelevant. My home, a place they never saw, was full of their presence as the years slipped … Continue reading →

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A Tangent to the Earth ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on February 26, 2020 by

No thought of dirt as Young fingers slid round iron Rifled in straight and bitter verticals To stop small boys ascending Ha! Continue reading at Sun in Gemini

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Flowers… Life Lines

Posted on February 13, 2020 by

  There were flowers. Orchids pinned upon a mother’s breast, All lace and diamonds. Long black gloves And painted lips, As she left, laughing. A child who watched As the door closed. * There were flowers… Yellow tulips, Cellophane and … Continue reading →

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Wake #midnighthaiku

Posted on December 19, 2019 by

* Childhood remembered Wake to icing-sugar dawns Dreaming of magic *

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The man without a face

Posted on November 11, 2019 by

I wrote this several years ago now. In some ways, it feels wrong to repost it… as if by doing so I am not giving enough for what has been given. And yet, this man has stayed with me for … Continue reading →

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Remembering

Posted on November 10, 2019 by

My mother was not quite seventeen when I was born. She and my father, just three years her senior, had married early as he had joined the army. They were still living close to home when I first came into … Continue reading →

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The perception of memory

Posted on October 29, 2019 by

I slowed to let the young lad on the bicycle pull out onto the roundabout. That looks like… I raised my hand to wave to my son’s friend and instantly realised my mistake. It might have been his son, but … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Kevin Cooper ~ Miedo “Afraid”

Posted on October 11, 2019 by

Miedo ‘Afraid’ contains both of the volumes of the Miedo story: Miedo: Living Beyond Childhood Fear & Miedo 2: A Reckoning With Fear. After losing his mother at a very young age, Miedo begins to experience a plethora of paranormal/supernatural … Continue reading →

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Shared #midnighthaiku

Posted on September 9, 2019 by

* Childhood memories Spanning the generations Never mine alone *

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