Now's the time when children's noses
All become as red as roses
And the colour of their faces
Makes me think of orchard places
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Loved the phrases of an era past, 'children's noses... red as roses', 'three times hot roast mutton- ' which was then a kiwi staple in the diet, 'ball and racket' and the now politically incorrect 'winter jacket, With the lovely bear-skin lining'.
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She knows how to write a memorable description- -of course she does. She writes short stories and they are Literature of the finest.
There must have been a lot of little child in her as she digs deep into the past and relates to children. Very heartwarming. '10! '
This is an era when houses were not as warm, when synthetic warm clothes were not available, when animal fur was the beat heating insulation. Strange how fur is out but leather is ok because we still eat cows, although now far less beef and mutton, it is the age of eating chicken as the main meat. The vegetarian age is still coming.
I wrote the poem 'A Time In Long Past Colonial New Zealand', inspired by my comment on the poem 'Autumn Song', by the poet Katherine Mansfield and dedicated to Katherine Mansfield.