Thoughts of an older Enlish boy


Memories

Memories of long ago are easy to recall
The first day when with tearful eye I trotted off to school
Of conkers and gob stoppers,and marbles by the score
Of bombs and air raid shelters a countryside at war
Reminiscences in profusion
From the recesses of my brain
The mind rejects the bad thoughts
The good ones still remain
The friends collected on the way
Are easy to recall
Of Christmases and holidays
I'm remembering them all
Of that first date of that first kiss
Those placid days of teenage bliss
A kaleidoscope past half closed eyes
Memories easy now to visualise
But with these thoughts of yesteryear
There's one thing puzzles me
With all these recollections
Why can't I just remember
What I had for tea.




Poetry by Toonist The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2009-09-12 at 10:38

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Stan Cooper The PoetBay support member heart!
Hi Toonist....I have read all your posted delightful poems...and
now I wonder why you are hiding behind the mask of
a psuedo-name...Why don't you let your PoetBay readers and
friends know who you really are....? Your work has been posted on PoetBay for quite a long time....not your poems, but your
'toons...You've been partnered with that old rascal of a poet,...
what's his name?!!!

So come clean old boy...don't leave it to me to unmask you

xxxx from the bard...Stan
2009-09-22


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
When we are bourn , upon our road we set out , crating memories , so at times we can distract our thoughts down memory lane.

A great poem , took me down the lane of times past , Toonist . Ense my resent poem , thank you.

Ken ( D Williams )
2009-09-20


Kathy Lockhart
a very well written poem which draws the reader in and in the end leaves them with a light hearted smile. :)
2009-09-12


NicholasG
I relate only too well. Short term memory loss is awful agravating at times.
Nick
2009-09-12