Colours for Kids 4)

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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5 comments
 

White
Snow newly fallen,
    and milk in the cup,
a fresh piece of paper
    before we’ve filled it up
with colours or ink,
a white wedding dress,
    and icing on the Christmas cake,
snowdrops, and a new born lamb,
    a pinch of salt to shake
on cooking or on slippery ice,
and a big white pile of steaming rice.

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Colours for Kids
Children's
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

This is such a fun poem Rhiannon, it must have been a pleasure to write.

Gave me a smile. smiley

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jenny, and yes, they have proved fun to write! Though actually being so short seems sometimes to take longer than writing something longer. I'm probably a child at heart, but children want things to the point and clear! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Cherries on 'white' are nice, thank you! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I do like your adjectives in these, they make everything you list fun and real. I loved it when it was a fresh piece of paper, all smooth and cool with infinite possibilities of what it could become, and I got to choose, like being an emperor. And I love seeing that in children's faces now, like they have reached a mountain top and see a valley spread out below - where shall I go? You put all that in a few words!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Yes, you picture the child's feelings well too! Thanks! Does take a lot of thought, choosing the things of note and forming it into a brief verse. Rhiannon