Monkey Memories

Inspired by memories of watching a mechanical monkey in Solihull town centre, first with my children and now with my granddaughter, I wrote a a little sonnet to celebrate Festival 36 when Shakespeare’s First Folio came to town.

Monkey Memories

The shoe shop window was where you once reigned

Twisting and turning an acrobat show

Keeping my small children so entertained

Watching you spin with their faces aglow

Now I have grown old, and the shoe shop gone

Monkey and memories lost in the past

My children are grown with kids of their own

Now it’s my grandchild who holds my hand fast

And you too have found a new place to stay

Once again, we watch you spin twist and turn

A glass case in Touchwood where you now play

New love, old memories in my heart burn

Time passes quickly and all things must change

But through it all a mother’s love remains