Over four hundreds years of experience Average age of eighty Five of us. Croaky, happy old mates. “It’s our Grandpa Club,” I tell the kids Each month we’d get into a tizz Scratching for lost recipes Kitchen timers that had gone on leave Each month, well, a few days before, “What am I on thisContinue reading “Grandpa Club”
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Today they spread Daniel’s ashes at seaDaniel the small boy so attentive to his grandmaDaniel the high risk boy on a skateboardAdventure, speed, exhilaration Daniel the surferDaniel, drowned while surfing in a culvertAt the peak of cyclone Gabriel Above the beachA simple and warm ceremonyHis parents, brave, capabably leading the way Over one hundred peopleContinue reading
the Mountain Bikers
Slowly, reluctantly they wake.They try to be communicative,And polite,They, the teenagers and their father are on holidayOn holiday to go mountain bikingTo eat, sleep and wake up moaningReliving the aches and the spills of yesterday.It’s called ‘Having Fun”In this group father and sons become the ‘boys’.Four energetic, fit, forever hungry guys. I, Poppa have beenContinue reading “the Mountain Bikers”
And Time For Tea
Grandma, the Aunts, the joyous cries of summer on the way. Pohutukawa blooms up the Coromandel coast are here. Will be here forever.No time to stand and stare. Things to do. Christmas cake, those morning teas, lunches, the longed for long drawn out afternoon tea.And time for tea.
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