Terry Flood Poet Rhyme

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Stickleback, Stickleback

Stickleback, stickleback, where might you be
Please could you go find my mummy for me
Into your waters it’s said that she walked
Daddy says sorry that he never talked 

Stickleback, stickleback, if she’s around
Ask her to make for me some kind of sound
Could she perhaps make the reeds swish and sway
I could tell mummy I heard her today

Stickleback, stickleback, find her and then
Tell her we’d so like to see her again
Just one reflection that ripples away
I could tell mummy I saw her today

Stickleback, stickleback, where does she rest
She was unhappy yet nobody guessed
If she would just send a cool breeze my way
I could tell mummy I felt her today




5 October 2021
Foe Rhyme me a rhyme contest, using image 3
Sponsor: Eve Roper

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Joanna Daniel October 6, 2021 at 10:23 PM A sad cry of a child left alone with memories of mom to live by, Terry, well done, congratulations:) Terry Flood October 7, 2021 at 3:40 PM Thanks Jo, sometimes, not often, but sometimes, I write without a grin on my face. Terry

Eve Roper October 5, 2021 at 8:08 PM Congratulations on your win, Terry, sad, but great . Hugs Eve Terry Flood October 6, 2021 at 4:00 AM Thanks, Eve. Chuffed with that. Terry

Rico Leffanta October 5, 2021 at 11:21 AM Naught to worry as mummy is blowing bubbles with my darling Clementine?

Tom Cunningham October 5, 2021 at 1:48 AM A sad one Terry, hard to explain to a child, Hope you're well. Tom Terry Flood October 5, 2021 at 2:58 AM Don’t laugh, Tom, but this went through various transitions… first meant to be amusing but simply wasn’t. Gradually became darker until any levity was history. Eve hadn’t asked for funny, so I decided to go for it.