By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 06:46:36 +0000

What I Saw
I’ll tell you what I chose to do today.
I saw and conversed with a flower seller outside
where her wicker baskets are full of flowers,
where tourists congregate, she would barter and stride.
Actors and tall dancers promoted their near-future performance
so there was a flash of burgundy blazer-wearing entertainers,
there was a lost glove
resting by a fountain
and at the crossing came the newsreader
perhaps on an interval from the news,
with a lengthy jacket of black,
a determined, ambitious stride to his destination.
A bull terrier dog saw birds swoop
the restaurant windows warbled
the pigeon on the ground dawdled.
The mum kickstarted her adventure
by herself underground, resolved
with her wishes.
‘Don’t get lost,’ a grandmother conveyed,
their bags already heavy and overflowing,
Is there too much already, and will all overload a coach?
They are asking regulars for directions
and asserting themselves on their trips.
A thousand flights of fauna must start somewhere.

By: Polly

Polly — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 09:29:28 +0000

Love this idea. Wish my nine year old son’s teacher would do this in class instead of all the dull SATS prep grammar. She tells me his writing level is much lower than his reading ability. Personally I think it’s perfectionist thing: “I’m trying to think of a good sentence opener,” he tells me in frustration as he leans on a blank piece of paper at homework time. I blame the horrible teaching to the test culture that is ruining our children’s education. Very sad.

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