Shaylee’s Sweet Strawberries 🍓
Poppy’s April Prompts
Homeward bound…
Our British racing green Camry
Cruises down the long black straight
After a busy morning at church…
Followed by a loud, family lunch…
Ending late.
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Colin Buchanan’s 10, 9, 8… God Is Great
Pours from the cassette player
Bickering breaks out amongst tired, grumpy siblings
Sardines packed too tightly onto the rear seat…
The weekly scenario stuck on repeat.
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We round the next corner…
Oh… welcome distraction!
The spinning sign…
Ice Cream… Shaylee Strawberries… Ice Cream… Shaylee Strawberries…
Quick! Time for action!
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Grab an ice cream as we pass!
Hurry!
What flavour do you want?
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Tiny nose pressed against glass…
I want chocolate… no, vanilla…
No, wait… I want strawberry! 🍓
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The rest of us play along
Unwilling to sabotage such fragile peace…
A welcome reprieve from her whining song!
Next moment… we’re past… far down the road…
Wending between rolling green hills…
The Seven Sisters.
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Choosing and snagging imaginary ice creams
Rescued us on those interminable, crotchety trips home
After Mum’s feasts on disposable plates… replete
We never did stop and sample those strawberry treats…
Forever, they lived on in our dreams.
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Author’s Note: Since moving thousands of kilometres away, a decade ago… on occasional visits ‘back home’, we at last enjoyed sampling the farm fresh strawberry ice cream.
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Comments (10)
Strawberries 🍓 and ice-cream sweet and loved it!!!❤️❤️💕
So sweet and filled with nostalgia, well done💗
Enjoyed this! Thank you!
Great job....I saw it like a movie in my head.
Sweet sweet sweet, I can almost smell the strawberries
I'm glad you guys finally managed to get some of those ice cream! Loved your poem!
Wonderful, reminiscent poetry of youth and treats. Ahhh ... glorious strawberries!
Such sweet memories! Your pieces like these provide such vivid snapshots! I try and appreciate your writing craft (which is superb), but I’m usually so caught up in the reading experience the details dissolve! Glad you finally got to try the ice cream! Hope it was delicious!
Oh what fun to read. Now I want Strawberry ice cream!!!
and you mentioned this area to me! Try vanilla-cherry chip -chocolate chip ice cream, oh my! (vanilla with those chips in it).