Hello, beautiful readers! For this week's What Do You See? prompt, Sadje provides us with the photo below and encourages us to let it inspire us. I grew up with Barbies. My sister and I collectively had over 50 of them. Kens, Barbies, Skippers, and special occasional versions littered our playroom floor. We had the mansion, the pool, the car, the dog, the horse, etc. We even had knockoff versions. We would spend hours playing with them, and we got our money's worth out of them. By the time we outgrew them, some of them were in rough shape as we had given them hair cuts multiple times. Lol! I'm happy I grew up in a time where technology wasn't as demanding as it is now. I enjoyed my creative play time.
I decided to write a tanka poem, which consists of five lines with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic pattern.
(image credit; Julee Juu @ Unsplash)
smell of hot pizza
pretty yellow wildflowers
picnic with my beau
a dreamt-up romantic date
imaginative play perks
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Nice Tanka. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Susan! I appreciate you visiting. :-)
DeleteNice take, Yvette.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Indira! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteI love this sweet poem Yvette. A make- believe world that kids love. Thanks for joining in.
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Thank you, Sadje! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteWow, Yvette, you were a true Barbie fan! I agree about growing up in simpler times. - Eugi
ReplyDeleteYes, I was, Eugi. I also played with GI Joes, My Little Ponies, Transformers, and a few other toys. My imagination had plenty of outlets. Lol! Thanks for visiting. :-)
DeleteI like "imagined perks."
ReplyDeleteThank you, Reena! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteA beautiful poem. Yap, I also deeply appreciate the time I grew up without technology, though half that time was the introduction of technology, which was exciting to blend the two.
ReplyDeleteperhaps it's important to give children restricted ipad time, and more playground hours during leisure.
-Jude Itakali-
DeleteI made sure my son was involved in sports so that he spend most of his childhood outdoors, away from technology. Thanks for stopping by, Jude. :-)
DeleteReally nicely done, Yvette!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Chris! I appreciate you visiting. :-)
DeleteAwww, that's nice!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Keith! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteFun one, Yvette. Brought a smile to my day as I remembered my own Barbies.xo
ReplyDeleteThank you, Denise! I'm happy they were part of your childhood as well. :-)
DeleteWell done, Yvi. Good memories always make me happy! 💖
ReplyDeleteThank you, Colleen! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteWhat fun! Perfect tanka.
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DeleteYvette, I love your Tanka. I too grew up with the Barbie pool, car, house, etc. Those were much simpler times when kids actually socialized and played together. -O'Nika-
ReplyDeleteYes, there were. Thanks for stopping by, O'Nika! :-)
DeleteDreamy, Yvette! :) (~Dora)
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