the thin whistle
of mum’s breakfast kettle
. . . bare toes on lino
school milk
striped paper straws
pleated into submission
half-yearly report
my frosty teacher
thaws
red cheeks
stung by sun and wind
our long walk home
shortest day
dad’s chaffed hands
light the gas fire
Julie Thorndyke
Julie Anne Thorndyke 
Hi Julie,
I just read Milking Time in the on-line children’s poetry blog, and liked it very much. Have now read some of your poems on this site, and like them, too. You write really well.
Thank you Bill 🙂 so kind of you so make such an encouraging comment!