Easter is…
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When I was a child
Easter was…
Fishcakes on Friday,
church on Sunday,
one chocolate egg,
and an early night.
When I was a teen
Easter was…
Pack the car on Friday,
head off till Sunday,
campfires and sleeping bags,
hangovers and sunburn.
When I became a mother
Easter was…
Hot cross buns on Friday,
hiding eggs on Sunday,
sugar-fuelled chaos
and tinfoil aftermath.
Now I’m a grandmother
Easter is…
Family visit on Friday,
then three blissful days
of lazy lie-ins
and reading in the garden.
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Colleen Moyne
Colleen Mayne is an award winning South Australian-based writer whose works have appeared in over forty different collections, both in Australia and overseas. Her first solo collection, ‘Time like Coins’, was published in 2018 and nominated for an Anne Elder award. She has also received the Mindshare Australia ‘Open Your Mind’ poetry award, placed second in the Ken Vincent Poetry Award, and been featured on the ‘Tales to Terrify’ and ‘Creepy’ podcasts. Her second solo collection, ‘Called to Coddiwomple’, was published in 2023. She currently travels full-time in a van with her greyhound, Winter.
Find more from Colleen on her website.
