Under 10

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Sat, 04 Jul 2026
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5 comments
 

He’d been banned from watching TV
for being very rude.
They watched him sulky, angry
on imagined injuries brood.

“I’ll run away! that’ll teach them!
They’ll be sorry when I’m gone!
I’ll hide away in the park, and then
they’ll know that they were wrong!”

The afternoon passed slowly;
at 5 o’clock he felt
a gnawing, empty tummy,
so hollow under his belt.

His footsteps, quite unconsciously
turned back towards his home –
the magnetic pull of thoughts of tea
pulled strongly, calling, ‘Come!’.

[IP: Coming Home]

Certificate U
Poem
Families
Humour
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by insertponceyfre... on

Great IP response, well done Rhiannon!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

thank you! A memory suddenly came back of my son-in-law remembering such an incident from his childhood when he was  giving his speech at his wedding reception, long ago. I don't remember any details of his story, so I made a possible situation up! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by insertponceyfre... on

your poem triggered memories of jam sandwiches - who wouldn't go home for one of those? : )

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

smiley I thought jam sandwixhes  would have had more attraxtion to a growing boy of that age than cakes or fruit! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you for the cherries. Rhiannon