Categories:
schoolkids, children, education, school,
Form: Senryu
CLEAN AIR
...CLEAN AIR
Only a few now recall the London smogs
The early Fifties, I think it may have been
When a man used to walk ahead of a bus
As schoolkids, it was a strange time for us
Almost every day...
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Categories:
schoolkids, age, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Indivisible
...For years I’ve passed a sculpture
When I walk at break of day.
It’s very unobtrusive,
Likely meant to be that way.
It’s just one word carved out of wood
And tethered to a sign
Reminding peopl...
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Categories:
schoolkids, america, art,
Form: Rhyme
A Morning Walk
...A bunch of dry lime leaves like schoolkids runs
across the street. Be careful, do not slip
on crispy morning frost. I see someone’s
bike on its side, its owner rubs his hip.
Are you okay? He i...
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Categories:
schoolkids, morning, poetry,
Form: Sonnet
Fluffy Frosty
...Fluffy Frosty
Pure like snowflakes…
No Jack knows what it takes,to have a pet like u.
you cried the 1st time we met,
like a toddler without a nanny I had to tend u…
wobble as u walked u couldn’t...
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Categories:
schoolkids, pets,
Form: Free verse
Waiting For the Bus
...A group of schoolkids joined the line
While waiting for the bus.
It seemed to take forever but,
Of course, they made no fuss.
As kids will do, they horsed around
To make the time go by,
When ...
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Categories:
schoolkids, time, travel,
Form: Rhyme
The Soul of a Child By Satis Shroff
...THE SOUL OF A CHILD By Satis Shroff
They called me the ‘harelip monster’ at school,
And the schoolkids kicked me down the stairs.
I’d often come home bruised;
The children of my age called me:
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Categories:
schoolkids, child, fear, feelings, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Black Monday Blues
...Black Monday Blues
Pfaah! Tomorrow is Monday, dated the 4th January this year...
The last few days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday were great...
Friday was 1st of January, it was the 1st holiday of...
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Categories:
schoolkids, blue, cry, depression, eve,
Form: Free verse