Saturday, July 23, 2011

As You Unlearn The World (Weekend Prompts in 55 Words)



School is out,
"Hurray!" Kids shout.
Forget about academic acceleration,
Time to enjoy summer vacation.
Take long naps
as thunder claps;
Block out noises and ashes
when lightening flashes;
Clear your browse history,
Delete everything,
both satisfactory and unsatisfactory;
Stop using the printer,
Restart your computer...
As you unlearn the world,
You've become a child.






Pink Saturday,

Flash Friday 55 at G-Man’s,

Poetry Pantry at Poets United

And Monday Poetry Potluck W45: Nature and Life: Share 1 to 3 poems with Jingle Poetry Potluck, enjoy poetic friends, You are invited!,

Happy Pink Saturday,
Happy Weekend!

Image Credit: Google.com

34 comments:

Donnetta said...

Hello, Jingle. Very clever and love the pink! So bright and happy. Hope your weekend is turning out to be a good one. D

magiceye said...

yayyyyyy!!!!

:))

happiness!!

Robyn said...

Like the jingle and the bright, cheery pinks! Hope you have a fun pink weekend!

Alice Audrey said...

But, but, but... I LIKE being a grown up.

Tes said...

Coolness! real clever! :)

G-Man said...

Jingle Belle...
Whimsical and sweet.
Thanks for playing.
G-Man

Kristin said...

What a great poem!

Happy belated Pink Saturday!
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Unknown said...

this extols the joys of childhood

ds said...

Ah, childhood. Good advice, Jingle. Sometimes it is necessary to unplug and "unlearn the world."

The Poet said...

Ji, you always know how to brighten up our days.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and have a wonderful week ahead! ;-)

Myrna R. said...

This was fun to read. Who doesn't have memories of summer vacations?

Eileen T O'Neill ..... said...

Jingle,

What a very happy and uplifting poem!
Always a pleasure to visit your very cheerful blog page.

Best wishes, Eileen

Anonymous said...

Nice way of putting it, to be free, like a child and not be what society tells us to be :) enjoy the potluck!!!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful and fun. Thanks for making it so simple to become a kid again! :-)

Nicole Blean said...

Very cute! I am inspired to write a poem.

Anonymous said...

Happy,happy in pink, I like being a child again :)

Anonymous said...

perfect absolutely loved this

M. A. S. said...

I love the idea, the title, and the last two lines.

Dave King said...

Yup, there's a lesson in there for us all. Great idea, well realised.

Raining Iguanas said...

You make me wish for a, "Thunder Clap", that's some Jingle!

Captain Dumbass said...

Hurray,

JamieDedes said...

Summer vacation. Kids in the pink. Couldn't be more perfect, Ji. Nice! Lovely illustrations too as always.

Joanne said...

Loved this... there is nothing better than summer vacation! I remeber having lots and lots of adventures!
Blessings, Joanne

Ravenblack said...

Might be tough for some kids to leave behind the internet for a while. I think that is quite entrench in their lives now, not just for school but a part of their social activity.

A very cheerful poem and I love the last two lines too.

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Uma Anandane said...

Cool! You are a child at heart and its a gift only few are blessed with.Jingle all the way!

Lyn said...

Unlearn the world...become a child!! Absolutely...great!!

Laurie Kolp said...

Nothing like getting out of school for the summer... we're going back in three weeks.

Other Mary said...

What delightful verse. How could I have lost track of you for such a long time Jingle! :o)

Other Mary said...

What delightful verse. How could I have lost track of you for such a long time Jingle! :o)

Celestial Dreamz said...

this lovely pink poem has got my spirits lifted merrily n joyously. a clever take ...

Madeleine Begun Kane said...

Haha! Good one.

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Ed Pilolla said...

i love this. children know so much about life. i have to find wise people to remind me what life is all about, as the world has diseased me down and i, embarrassingly, seem to need reminders. children don't, and i'm really keying into this as i grow closer to my little nieces and nephews. they have their priorities in order, mostly having to do with enjoying themselves as much as they can, and being fair, or at least their version of fair:)
after all the back-to-school energy going, this reminded me warmly of how summer began:)