tonight Frank is hosting at #dversepoetspub and he has asked us to write a haibun about memory
Strawberry patch.
The strawberry patch of my younger years held joy. Those little white flowers low to the ground as it warms up in May. A prelude to bowlfuls of juicy red fruit for topping breakfast cereal. For having smothered in ice cream after school. Memory of the hot, hot summer of 1976.
Before school emptying watering cans around fruit and veg plants. After school Mum throwing empty bowls at me, my siblings and childhood friends, fill these up from the patch. Me on strawberries, siblings on veg and friends on anything ready.
Strawberries picked,
Fingers sticky, bellies full,
Plenty left for jam.

© 22/05/2023 rog leach
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