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treasures of childhood pride of the horse chestnut tree~ ready to conquer 20 August 2019 ‘Conkers’, the shiny brown seeds of the horse chestnut tree are collected and used in a traditional British children’s game whereby the conkers are threaded onto a string and each child takes turns to strike until one breaks! ‘Tree themed haiku poetry contest’ sponsored by Tania Kitchin (Syllable count checked 1 -by ear 2- PS syllable counter)

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Eve Roper

Date: 8/22/2019 11:42:00 PM

Congratulations my friend. Hugs Eve

Susan Ashley

Date: 8/22/2019 9:41:00 PM

Lovely imagery, Wendy. Congratulations on your wonderful win. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/22/2019 6:19:00 PM

Nice one, WEndy. Congrats on your win.

Kim Merryman

Date: 8/22/2019 2:45:00 PM

A lovely haiku, Wendy! Congrats on your win! Blessings, Kim

Jan Allison

Date: 8/22/2019 2:13:00 PM

I love the word play with conquer, many congratulations on your win wendy:-) hugs Jan xx

Line Gauthier

Date: 8/22/2019 2:12:00 PM

Fun nostalgic gem, Wendy. Congrats on your win.

John Gondolf

Date: 8/22/2019 8:26:00 AM

Nice play on words, Wendy, congrats on your win. John

Jeanne Mcgee

Date: 8/22/2019 7:22:00 AM

I love the image of children playing the game. Well done and congrats!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/22/2019 6:11:00 AM

- Congratulations on your lovely winning poem, Wendy :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Janice Canerdy

Date: 8/20/2019 8:48:00 PM

Great tree-related topic choice, Wendy! Janice

Chris Green

Date: 8/20/2019 9:46:00 AM

Love the poem and the notes. What a cool little thing for me to learn today. Thank you for sharing that.

Chris Green
Date: 8/21/2019 9:07:00 AM

I will admit, I did read the notes and found the game you described fun and interesting but I did not catch the play on words in "conquer" and "conkers". That was cute. We do have horse chestnut trees in the U.S. but they aren't as prevalent as some other species.

Wendy Watson
Date: 8/20/2019 4:40:00 PM

Thank you for taking the time to both read and comment,Chris. I wasn’t sure whether Americans had such a tradition or indeed whether such trees grow outside GB. I hope that people read the notes so that the play on words in the last line isn’t missed.