Tag: Games
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What’s behind the door?
#writeclub Stuff.…. Stuff you stored away for a rainy day Stuff with its own character Stuff that’s lived a life That thinggummy-bob that you spent an arm and a leg for that oh-so crucial job now resting by a desk a desk laiden with boxes and tins holding chips and sprockets, nuts and bolts an […]
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Marble
#Marble It’s been rolling about In your pocket for a while now Waiting to bump into its chums on the playground floor Travelling at some speed into the collective amassed Some greet him warmly whilst others dart off quickly
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Night Games
#promptuarium #gods #stonehenge The Druids were disturbed on Tuesday morn to find their inner sanctum slightly different to the way they’d left it on Monday Night It seemed that the younger gods liked playing with the columns of stone and so did their Danish cousins They found a structure at woodland elsewhere put together with […]
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The new scout section
#scouts #squirrels #beavers #cubs #ventures #explorers #network Imagine my surprise to see something to make me smile at tea reminding me of a place that brought a smile upon my face I was once a young cub scout and played with others and learned about making things, and knots and tents and camping outside, quite […]
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Just another day
#Napowrimo #paperswans #children Picking up post for Mum and dad and reading a chapter a day Helping doing the washing and putting it away one hundred and one little things to do whilst i’m away from school playing games with nanna watching granddad play the fool and i’ve pegged out all my teddies clothes so […]
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Trick or Treat ?
#Socs #Halloween #Trick #Treat #octpowrimo No lanterns coming to the front porch No ghosts floating past the door No Vampires not worrying ’bout their canines No Werewolves coming to explore The street is surprisingly quiet the children all indoors as parents keep them from bugs in the air and other nasty spores But there’s bobbing […]
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A twist on Snakes and ladders
Salford , 30th July 2019 Basic and spinal injury centre, Salford. We’ve all played the board game of snakes and ladders before The idea is you roll the dice, go up the ladders and down the snakes all very straight forward , but has anyone tried playing it the other way round ? Where you […]
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Slide
#fowc #slide #childhood Childhood joy summed up in a single word. Something to play with than swings, see-saws or roundabouts Ascending to the clouds with each big step And then travelling at speed to your mum and dad below