Remembering Games of My Childhood
My Grandpa taught me cribbage,
a complex game for two.
All I remember now
is putting tiny pegs
in rows of tiny holes
on a narrow, rectangular board.
What I really remember, still,
is those long, quiet talks,
heads bending close.
He taught me many things
besides the game; never
treated me as just a kid.
Uncle Ian taught all us kids
how to play Chinese Checkers,
around the dining table.
I loved the strong colours
of the round balls, and loved the big
six-pointed star we jumped them across.
Checkers was a noisy game
with lots of laughter. After that I never
could properly learn chess, later;
kept wanting to take all the pieces fast.
Uncle Ian treated us exactly like kids.
Uncle Ian treated us exactly like kids.
Both ways were good, I remember.
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For It's All Fun and Games at "imaginary garden with real toads"
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For It's All Fun and Games at "imaginary garden with real toads"
This is beautiful!💜 I guess as children we deserve some amount of worldly wisdom... love the contrast between cribbage and checkers!💜
ReplyDeleteFond memories of Chinese Checkers - the one game my mother would play.
ReplyDeleteGrandparents are always so good when it comes to passing on the games we keep wit us as we go, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteNot so long ago, my in-laws started teaching the Little Princess how to play cribbage. :-)