Sunday, April 17, 2022

Children Playing in a Roadside Ditch on Holy Saturday - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

 

Children Playing in a Roadside Ditch on Holy Saturday

 

Happy children playing in a roadside ditch

Barefoot and laughing in shorts and tees

A boy grabbing up a frog to frighten the girls

A girl sloshing the boys with a bucket of muck

 

They pause to peer through a magnifying glass

A worm or a minnow the passerby can’t see

Because to adults, as with many things

The waterways of Fairyland are closed

 

Happy children playing in a magic fountain

Just as we did when we were very young

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