Great posting and a pleasure to read. It rolls along, keeping the reader in a smiling nostalgia. I best liked the first two stanzas and the last one. IMO, you could probably do without the morallising one, Stanza Three, which is a bit of a mood dampener. But true enough, and it's your poem.
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Enjoyed this nostalgic pastiche, Richard. I too was brought up on penny bangers and thre'p'ny canons. Or, if not a turnip, a tin can with holes punched in it, swung around with irresponsible disregard for health and safety.
I particularly like the image of "stench of charring turnip on the drift".
I'm not as fond of the rhythm of the final line though, which seems to clunk a bit.
Good that you're back.
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Not been on here for a while but thought I'd post this one after digging it out of the archives to share something seasonal with work colleagues!
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Starfish
Tue 29th Oct 2013 21:11
Was going to mention what a pleasure this was to read and the feeling of nostalgia it induces only to find that I am plagiarising Cynthia's comment. Sorry. Vividly descriptive too.
Starfish
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