Tag: adolescence

• Poem

  

  On monkey bars and metal slidesSpinning wheels, turning round so fastBoth climbing trees and flying kitesBuilding memories meant to last © 2025 Phil Perkins PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com. Built to Last, by The Grateful Dead (1989) – see lyrics here. NOTE: I’d like to thank my close friend and collaborator-in-arms, the lovely and…

  Music, Poetry & Writing

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• Poem

  

  Of shallow pools, lucky stars and footprintsTraveling on a wave back through timeHigh top sneakers, t-shirts and torn blue jeansDrifting sand dunes with daylight to climb Memories of mountains in winter whiteWooden skis, leather boots bound with stringShredding moguls down Snowfield at Cliffs RidgeEvery season brought reason to sing Steps through town took me to…

  Music, Poetry & Writing

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