Caren Krutsinger Poet Narrative

Lets Play Tiddly Winks

Here is your squidger
The object is to pop a wink
Try to get it inside a cup
Or smash your opponent, go for their pink.

My grandsons looked at me as if I had sprung a head.
Come on! I urged them. Before we have to go to bed.
I think they may be too old, my daughter suggested.
You never know, until they are tested.

I had to demonstrate a time or two.
Luckily, I have been popping winks since nineteen sixty-two.
In September I plan to go Vienna’s Tiddly Winks Championship.
Annual Tiddly Winks competition, yes, because I am that hip

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Marikate Kingston February 24, 2023 at 6:41 PM I use to LOVE Tiddly Winks. A game with a great name. I still have it at our lake house in the Adirondacks. The thrill of getting your wink in the cup at 8 years old..nothing like it. This one made me giggle. :) Caren Krutsinger February 25, 2023 at 6:55 AM I have not played it for a long time but I am willing to have a match with you.