Punch and Judy man
lives with the sound of the sea
trapped in a box like Jack
his audience looking on.
He dreams of the Caribbean
but sees only darkness today
and the children are drifting with Iphones
it's the parents who want to play.
Ray, I took my children to a seaside show a few weeks back in Southsea, where they watched their first Punch & Judy show. They laughed, in particular my 6 year old daughter who thought it was hilarious.
Your poem actually made me feel quite sad, my children and I practically live on the beach in summer time and they are, thankfully, still at an age where they are more than satisfied with a bucket and spade and the company of their parents. I can't stand the thought of this changing! x
Good points Colin. I struggled with iPhones so I shall follow your advice and leave it wrong! In view of your observation I will alter that line to "looking on" which is what I meant rather than a time thing. Quite a brutal affair and quite scary for the little'uns as you say - almost barbaric. No worse than Grimms fairy tales , mind.
David, your comments as always are entertaining and scarifying as well as spot on! Apparently there is a thriving schools programme to flesh out a historical theatrical reality. !
Thanks a lot.
Ray
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Tue 31st May 2016 08:20
I agree with David - always hated P&J even as a child - about as PC as the Black and White Minstrels.
Did you intend to type iPhones that way? If not you should leave it - highlights the understanding of modern technology between the generations maybe?
neat little poem Ray although I struggled with the 'his audience looking back' line/rhyme. Are you referring to the parents looking back as the children are surely looking forward with their gadgets? Just trying to picture the scene.
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raypool
Tue 31st May 2016 21:54
Thanks Helen for reading and commenting. I'm sorry that this had that effect, but I can quite understand why. My short epithet was more aimed at the loneliness of the man himself, made more pointless by the inattention. However this cannot in any way abnegate genuine curiosity and the skill of the performers. See how I backtrack!
May the innocent fun of youngsters be applauded !
Ray x