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4/23/2025 for Rondelet Poetry Contest sponsored by Joseph May

A day with Dad - he got tickets to watch some ball. A day with Dad - a great time for this lucky lad, held captive in his father's thrall. A better time I can't recall - a day with Dad.

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Hilda Greenhough

Date: 4/26/2025 2:18:00 PM

I enjoyed the feeling of camaraderie. Good poem.

David Crandall
Date: 4/27/2025 8:56:00 PM

Thanks Hilda. Yep, we had some good times!

Reya Suri

Date: 4/25/2025 10:25:00 AM

Aww, what a sweet piece; cherish your father. It doesn't take a day out to make memories :)

David Crandall
Date: 4/25/2025 10:41:00 AM

Thanks Reya!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 4/24/2025 8:33:00 PM

Two thumbs up. All too rare were those days... Sigh...

David Crandall
Date: 4/25/2025 10:41:00 AM

Thanks Gershon!

Michael Maul

Date: 4/24/2025 7:23:00 PM

Good writing about a good subject

David Crandall
Date: 4/24/2025 8:20:00 PM

Thanks Michael. Yes, I have fond memories of my dad.

Tom Woody

Date: 4/24/2025 6:27:00 AM

I had many such days in my youth. Good memories worth cherishing, as you point out

David Crandall
Date: 4/24/2025 8:58:00 AM

Yes. It's strange, because, in my adult life, I do not like boxing, because the idea of men pounding each other until one of them's brain is so traumatized they can no longer stand doesn't appeal to me. Yet, after writing this, I remembered a day when I went with me dad to watch boxing on something they called "closed circuit TV" in a stadium. I found the same fight on the Internet and watched it, just to try to eek a little more outta that memory.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 4/23/2025 7:37:00 PM

I agree! I feel the glee!

David Crandall
Date: 4/24/2025 8:55:00 AM

Hi Kim, uhoh, you're rhyming - lol. Almost everything I write in first person is not really about me, but I must say that this one is 100% about me and my dad.