Posted in 1 Guildford Rd, Penrith Primary, tagged church, fighting, injuries, Penrith Primary on February 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Challenge out, news spreads, the crowd gathers behind church.
Chanting:
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Baying for action – if not blood.
My opponent – a name forgotten.
Shaped up in classic Queensbury,
Then rolled around in not-so-classic Greco-Roman.
Home with ripped shirt, dirt smears, blood stains (his).
Badges of honour? courage? skill? … or waywardness?
Posted in 1 Guildford Rd, Penrith Primary, tagged after-school, church, fighting, fights, Penrith Primary on February 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The rear of this church - the venue for occasional after-school sport.
The little church.
At the rear a patch of land, fenced in.
A great venue for after school activities.
Play? Games?
A natural arena, hidden away.
Perfect for serious, unsanctioned, unsupervised after-school activities.
Competitive activities.
Mmmmm … Combatative activities.
Bare hands clinched. Fists.
Rules never written, but well known and …
Always abided.
365 Short Memories 