All the Fun of the Fair

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MEMORIES INSPIRED BY GARY'S MAGIC EYE link

toffee apples
     tasted so sweet
candyfloss evaporating
                    as we eat

swing boats
        chair of planes
& helter-skeltet
            again& again

pretending to drive
          in dodgem cars
flying carousel
            as if from mars

crowding in the
           boxing tent
local challengers
             quickly spent

longing with 
          youthful eyes
rolling pennies
          for the prize

 sans parents 
         at a local funfair
evenings
    without a care

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Line Gauthier

Date: 9/5/2021 7:25:00 AM

Beautifully nostalgic poem with great rhythm and flow ~ lovely, Brian

Brian Strand
Date: 9/6/2021 12:23:00 AM

Sparked by a soupmail chat with Gary..the memory awakened Line

Ann Gilmour

Date: 9/4/2021 5:04:00 PM

I can hear the wonderful fairground music as your words awakened my inner child with sweet memories of those halcyon days. Loved your poem Brian ~ for a while I was that child again... with kindest thoughts Ann xx A fave too

Brian Strand
Date: 9/5/2021 12:05:00 AM

Yes Ann,such a comfort sre happy memories.Thanks