My Grandmother\u2019s Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n When I ask her of her past When I ask her of her past When I ask her of her past When I ask her of her past When she asks me of my past <\/p>\n ‘My Grandmother\u2019s Stories’<\/em> was a winning poem<\/em>\u00a0in the 2019 Newcastle Young People’s Poetry Competition.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My Grandmother\u2019s Stories When I ask her of her past It seems so beautiful She tells me of her snakeskin wedges On her wedding day…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[604,605,388,603,59],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.nclacommunity.org\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.nclacommunity.org\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.nclacommunity.org\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.nclacommunity.org\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.nclacommunity.org\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2871"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/archive.nclacommunity.org\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2873,"href":"http:\/\/archive.nclacommunity.org\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions\/2873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.nclacommunity.org\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.nclacommunity.org\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.nclacommunity.org\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.nclacommunity.org\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt seems so beautiful
\nShe tells me of her snakeskin wedges
\nOn her wedding day
\nGlee as the vicar called out
\n\u201cYou may kiss the bride!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nIt seems so exciting
\nWatching her friend with her camera
\nNot realising that the school coach had left
\nLeaving them stranded by the golden fountain
\nIn the middle of London<\/p>\n
\nIt seems so daring
\nWalking in pairs to the swimming baths
\nBut two girls were not present in the pool
\nAnd were instead having lunch
\nOnly to join with the class on their way back<\/p>\n
\nIt seems so carefree
\nNew Year\u2019s day with a son and daughter
\nDrunk on schnapps, listening to Top of the Pops
\nNot to mention dancing (very badly) on the table
\nBefore passing out in a favourite rocking chair<\/p>\n
\nI ask, why?
\nYou\u2019ve been there the whole time
\nThere\u2019s nothing you don\u2019t know
\nAnd I\u2019ll always tell you my stories
\nBecause you told me yours.<\/p>\n