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Corinne
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since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

0 posted 2004-11-13 07:17 PM

Big Game

Each day is spent the same,
walking in a roundabout
of conflicting directions,
no signs pointing
which way to go;
to begin anew the next morning,
SORRY kicking hope
back to square 1.

The kids look upon this confusion
as a sign of failure,
already basing success in LIFE
on how many properties can be amassed
and by the rainbow of leaflets
tucked neatly beneath a board.

My son rapidly calls out patterns,
flipping cards -- he knows a SET
when he sees one; my daughter tries
a little harder and catches on
while I watch the dizzying flash
of zigzags, lines and squiggles.

I tell them I’ve never cared much for moving around a board;
the games I play dovetail into this larger one
called raising the children. They nod as if they understand,
twitching to return to shaking dice and advancing pieces,
but I’m still not sure I’m getting through,
so I take their hands to still their minds;
they roll their eyes and simultaneously say

Mom, we get it.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2004-11-13 07:41 PM

Smiling here, as I understand the way this plays out, and have also never been much for games. They always seem to understand more than we realize, don't they?

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

2 posted 2004-11-13 08:47 PM

They are amazing...we think of them as
children, treat them as children, expect
them to sometimes think like adults and
in the end...it comes down to just what
happened to you...and of course their
expressions say so very much.

Thanx for the reminder...

Susan
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since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

3 posted 2004-11-13 09:17 PM

Ah, love this - big grin here

Hannah loves to say "I know, MOM" hehe

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

4 posted 2004-11-13 10:06 PM

Corinne

So precious the moments that you recognize as special...like this one.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

5 posted 2004-11-14 08:44 AM

This made me look back on my own time

I was treated from the get-go like a Young Adult...which made my grandmother miserable because she saw me losing a childhood...

I saw the differences of the raising of the brood from my mother's eyes...my brother and sister were given longer childhoods to enjoy...

the games were everywhere, always. If we dared say we were bored, then we were given extra chores...so better to get involved in a book or game with brother or sister or do anything...

...rather than another chore.

But games were often family affairs, and I remember the laughing and joking and lots of teasing...

So I see both sides of this big game, Corinne, and I know and share your concern, but on the flip side of this poem, is the fact that your children are bonding with each other, and that they are not in front of the TV. [Don't you just hate Ms. Pollyanna?

]

Hugs, dear...and I'm so glad you had a chance to spend time with your muse. Mine has gone south for the winter, I think.

Dark Stranger
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since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

6 posted 2004-11-14 09:00 AM

ms C..one of my favorite writes..enjoyed this view of you

stevebrklynnyc
Member

since 2004-01-04

Posts 292
GA, Camden

7 posted 2004-11-14 09:04 AM

I have two girls, one is eight and the other is twelve. I look foward to the challenge, lol. Great perspective, steve.

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

8 posted 2004-11-14 09:26 AM

Corinne
You watch the beginning of the Gordyin Knot.
You can only see the needle weave the plot.

Enjoyed

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

9 posted 2004-11-22 05:35 AM

This is truly a very special write and you are truly a very special poet Corinne.

Mxx

into this night i wonder, it's morning that i dread, another day of knowing of, the path i fear to tread.
~Sarah McLachlan~

elfin_tigress
Member

since 2002-05-15

Posts 101
Someplace

10 posted 2004-11-22 12:09 PM

I like this. Quite clever how you incorporated the names of the games while you were describing them. I have to say Set is one of my favorite games, but it's not often you see someone talking about it as a classic.

A refreshing and fun read. Thank you for sharing.

RMW
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since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

11 posted 2004-11-22 02:54 PM

So well done.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

12 posted 2004-11-22 05:41 PM

awesome!

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

13 posted 2004-11-22 06:03 PM

Excellent write Corinne.
This certainly jogged some of my own memories.
Well done!
Hugs~Nancy

~ Time has cast a spell on you,
So you won't ever forget me ~

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

14 posted 2004-11-27 06:44 PM

Thank you all! Sorry I didn't respond sooner, was away for a week.

God Bless,

Corinne

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