Tabatha Yeates is hosting Poetry Friday today. Find out what she has planned for Poetry month if you are interested in joining that.
I found this lovely poem by Pam Ayres, and I had to share it. It’s one of the few Pam Ayres poems I hadn’t heard before. The reference to New Zealand fills my heart with nostalgia.
My Perfect Picture Book Friday choice today is also very poetic. Apples and Butterflies by Shauntay Grant.
Have a great weekend!
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Awww. I hadn’t heard any poems by Pam Ayres before. Thanks for introducing me to her work.
Oh you must listen to this one then, it’s the most famous :0)
Love her poem! Had a friend who was from NZ, and I always wanted to visit – I felt like I was there!
I lived on the north island for four years and was very lucky to get to travel around. Beautiful and rugged country.
Oh, I hadn’t heard this one either – fond memories! Lovely.
And don’t you just love that accent?
She’s a down to earth little gem isn’t she. This was quite wistful for her but it struck notes many parents must feel after their children have started their own lives.
Wistful is the perfect description. I have her book The Works, it’s super!
Love the emotion in the poem and in her telling. You could “see” her picturing her boys on that cannon. Delightful! =)
Absolutely the most open I’ve seen of Pam.
Pam is new to me too. Enjoyed her poem and her accent
. Love the vivid descriptions.
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Such a treat! My daughter spent a “May-mester” studying (and playing) in New Zealand this year. Not fair, though, that I had to listen to this anticipaing my youngest’s leap off to college in August…!
Awh sorry! :0)
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Tears sprung to my eyes at the end — so sweet and wistful.
And yet all her other poems make you laugh. I’ll have to share a funny one.
OMG! Catherine that certainly bought back memories. I used to love her tv programme, she was always such fun. That is certainly a new poem I hadn’t heard before. We must look out for some more to post, you and me.
OK!