Sneaky Sandcastles At Sunset!
Poppy’s February Prompts: #2
Such golden memories of seaside holidays…
Aunts, cousins, brothers… visited my marvellous Nana and Pop!
No time wastin’… we skipped early to the beach.
Dawdled along the shore; bought two cent lollies at the shop!
Crabs scuttled and scribbled cryptic messages on sand ‘paper’!
Aeroplane trips… floated on clouds… as we travelled solo
Sandcastles sneakily built on rocks… any destructive children got a shock!
Tiny towns… seashell doors; feathered flags; castle moats did o’erflow!
Leaping like mountain goats along craggy headland
Exercise galore… beach sprints; salty swim
Sunset gilded our paradise playground… surf swept across the sand.
Sandcastles… simple or stately… survived only a single, solar spin.
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A little clarification might be useful regarding the sneaky sandcastles built on rocks. Even as a child I was keen on time saving… covering a rock with sand, meant much less time, effort and sand was required. I also had a strong sense of justice. I believed you only had the right to destroy a sandcastle that you had built or with the permission of such a person. Otherwise, wear the consequences! What a sweet child!
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Written for Poppy’s February Prompts… see below.
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Sandcastles are such a familiar part of childhood to so many of us, this hits like a wave of nostalgia! “Crabs scuttled and scribbled cryptic messages on sand ‘paper’!” is a wonderful line. And the idea of sandcastles not being built to last is threaded through the ending. Well done 👏
That was fun to read! 😆
Sincere apologies to Donna Fox: I wrote an acrostic poem about Sandcastles a couple of days after reading, enjoying and commenting on her excellent Sandcastle acrostic poem! My only defence is probable, undiagnosed dementia!!😵💫😬 This is the link to her excellent poem: https://vocal.media/poets/sandcastles-4d5pd01bh
Sounds like a fun time! Love the nostalgia seeping through each line. Also love your drastic measures of protecting your sand castles😂
A sweet child indeed! We would have gotten along very well for sure, lol! I loved your poem! Donna Fox also wrote an acrostic using sandcastles for Poppy's Prompts. Great minds think alike!
Awww, this was so good. Very creative. Loved these lines: Sunset gilded our paradise playground… surf swept across the sand. Sandcastles… simple or stately… survived only a single, solar spin <3 <3
Lovely acrostic poem! I especially loved ‘Tiny towns … seashell doors; feathered flags; castle moats did o’reflow!
But you are right. It is sheer vandalism otherwise. Only the builder, or the sea, can authorise the destruction of a sand castle.
Ou, this was so lovely and so clever! Also I totally agree: only the maker of the sandcastle should be allowed to destroy said castle 😂💗 Wonderful poem!!