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    Journalling ( Day 17 )

      The Challenge for Day 17: Pick a Fight The challenge for Day 17 is to write about something you are passionate about, promoting it as beneficial to society. If this involves annoying some people, all the better. Hmm. Not usually one to pick a fight, but some things are worth taking a risk for. So here goes, my thoughts on the importance of journalling in this modern day galloping world.   Journals and Diaries In the past, everyone seemed to keep a journal, most often in the form of a daily diary. Many of these have been lost, but those that remain provide us with great insight into the…

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    Fruit Rainbow Poem for Children

    Fruit Rainbow Red rosy apples are always in style, The orange satsumas fit in my hands. Yellow bananas are shaped like a smile And the green juicy grapes taste just grand. Blue little blueberries have a perfect name And indigo raisins are tiny and sweet, The round, violet plums are part of the game, So eat the fruit rainbow, it’s a healthy treat! ©Bernie Delaney The Poem I must miss teaching my little 4 and 5 year old children more than I realised. Fruit Rainbow is a poem written for young children. It includes all the colours of the rainbow in order and associates each one with a particular fruit.…

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    Halloween Banshee Poem for Children

      Halloween  Lone Banshee Silently Emerges from Behind the shadows, Watching you, stalking you, Preparing to pounce on you. Shivers of fear run down your back, You sense the threat of looming attack… Shrieks split the night, it’s no Halloween prank! The Banshee “Growing up I heard many stories of grown Irish men and women scuttling off across fields and jumping over ditches (our natural greenery such as trees and plants that separate one field from another) if they thought they heard the Irish Banshee’s lonesome, mournful keening resounding throughout their farm. ” Mary Kelly Godley   The tale of the Banshee has a special place in Irish mythology and its’ origins…