These children ...
These children
round-eyed
absorbing
what the world offers them
or silently wandering in their own
imagination
must lose their innocence and grow
older but not necessarily wiser.
LightH2O
I can almost see the children round-eyed and absorbing with interest...nicely penned write.
I can almost see the children round-eyed and absorbing with interest...nicely penned write.
Jenny Gordon
L5-6 reminds me of what they said regarding Samuel Taylor Coleridge's son Hartley Coleridge, apparently perpetually indulging in fantasies, to his adult chagrin, at least in some of his sonnets, for he seemed to feel too reluctant and likewise too ill-prepared for that mature outlook. Fascinatingly thought-provoking. Bittersweet in the unhappy loss of innocence as well as no promise of losing the folly. How well you put it Maestro.
L5-6 reminds me of what they said regarding Samuel Taylor Coleridge's son Hartley Coleridge, apparently perpetually indulging in fantasies, to his adult chagrin, at least in some of his sonnets, for he seemed to feel too reluctant and likewise too ill-prepared for that mature outlook. Fascinatingly thought-provoking. Bittersweet in the unhappy loss of innocence as well as no promise of losing the folly. How well you put it Maestro.
Raj Arumugam
insightful and true...brings us to our own selves...and perhaps we too...
insightful and true...brings us to our own selves...and perhaps we too...
kath
Ah - or they can just be like me! And stay round eyed and amazed and have a silly kind of wisdom that seeks out the happy in every situation! :) kath xxxxxxxxx
Ah - or they can just be like me! And stay round eyed and amazed and have a silly kind of wisdom that seeks out the happy in every situation! :) kath xxxxxxxxx
Fay Slimm
Too true my friend - children at times show a wiseness which really surprises most adults.
Too true my friend - children at times show a wiseness which really surprises most adults.
tom balch
Wonderful subject matter, brilliantly penned and wise, albeit rather sad. Certainly one to get me thinking.....
Wonderful subject matter, brilliantly penned and wise, albeit rather sad. Certainly one to get me thinking.....
Yes, that is right, we are pushing limits to our kids, the more we teach them of world's system, the more imaginations killed.. Great poem dear friend thank you for share.