Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Ribbons of Children – v4

Amid the controlled chaos on the playground
gathering children before school
a living “Where’s Waldo” poster,
the schoolyard, the playground this morning
ribbons of children, running, skipping,
dancing over the blacktop, together, as one…
 
Being children, free, out in the open air
under a summer sky of blue, still summer,
at the very start of the school year,
snaking their way, through the hopscotch,
the jump rope, the tag and the banter,
coursing, like ants to the nest,
following a scent line in the dust…
 
No hands were held,
but they moved together,
as if connected, dancing, singing,
a ribbon of children, moving,
snaking a path through the others,
giggling, shouting, laughing all the way…
 
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Edited January 31, 2024
Ribbons of Children – v4
 
Edited January 31, 2024
A ribbon of children – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-ribbon-of-children-v2.html
Edited July 25, 2019
Ribbons of Children – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/ribbons-of-children-v3.html
April 28, 2013
A ribbon of children
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-ribbon-of-children.html
Edited April 24, 2013
Ribbons of Children – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/ribbons-of-children-v2.html
August 29, 2008
Ribbons of Children
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/08/ribbons-of-children.html
Pembroke Village School
 
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