Lately, and to my delight, my children and I have been spending more time playing games together at our kitchen table. This winter one of our favorite games to play has been Rummikub.
Each time I play Rummikub, I cannot help but think of my grandparents, who taught me this game when I was young. Today’s post celebrates playing Rummikub. I’ve been playing around with writing Micropoetry lately, so I decided to create a Tanka poem, a thirty-one-syllable Japanese poem. You’ll notice that I actually created a double tanka poem for this slice. |
| The version of Rummikub I played with my grandparents |
Childhood memories
Visiting Minnesota
grandparents - often
We gathered, played Rummikub
As they spun tales of their youth.
Chills this winter brought
Out familiar Rummikub -
Teaching strategy,
Conversation conjured fond
Visions from time long ago.
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| My daughter playing Rummikub |
The connection between the past and the present was lovely. The shapes of the poem and the rhythm mixed with your history was sweet.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! This was a fun poem to write and to think about.
DeleteI have never heard of this type of poetry. Thank you for the inspiration. :)
ReplyDeleteI saw a link of different kinds of micropoetry posted on Twitter right before I started the Slice of Life challenge. Otherwise I hadn't heard of it either!
DeleteI, too, spent many happy hours playing board games w/ my children. Your Tanka captures the present and past memories beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I feel like playing board games is a great way to have fun with my children at home. It doesn't cost anything and we enjoy each other's company. Thank you for your generous compliment about my Tanka poem!
DeleteI loved playing this game, but it has been awhile! Since we are almost empty-nesters, I might pull this out of the closet for me and my husband!
ReplyDeleteUntil this winter I hadn't played this game since I was probably a teenager. We had to reread the rules, but once we got the hang out it we really enjoyed playing it!
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