-- by H (then a 9-year-old Grade 3 student)
written on-site on June 26, 2014.**
I went to Peggy's Cove,
There was an ocean and I almost dove.
Rocks, grass, and flowers,
It was raining at that hour.
There were lobsters, too,
Daddy, Mommy, and I were wet, so were you!
** (with some assistance by a walking rhyming-dictionary.)
Peggy's Cove is a favourite Canadian tourist spot:
a rugged fishing village on the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia.
This little poem "survives" because, as a special favour for grandpa, the poet wrote it on a postcard (see above photo) and mailed it from Peggy's Cove post office back to his residence (while the grandparents were accompanying the family on a 7-day cruise from Quebec City to Boston).
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It was raining at that hour.
But O, H's Peggy's Cove Poem No. 1 is somehow "lost"!
From memory (and I am not too sure), it's something like:
When I went to Peggy's Cove
It was rainy and cold.
The red and white lighthouse was tall,
And I was so small ...
Today, it was all mist and rain,
One sunny day, I'll be back again!
(Other places of interest en route ... for example:)
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(The older guy is of course young at heart!)
LOVE THE CHILDREN...
As a continuation of humanity, they are truly priceless!
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