Welcome to the 208th Virtual Poetry Circle!
Remember, this is just for fun and is not meant to be stressful.
Keep in mind what Molly Peacock’s books suggested. Look at a line, a stanza, sentences, and images; describe what you like or don’t like; and offer an opinion. If you missed my review of her book, check it out here.
Also, sign up for the 2013 Dive Into Poetry Challenge because its simple; you only need to read 1 book of poetry. Check out the stops on the 2013 National Poetry Month Blog Tour and the 2012 National Poetry Month Blog Tour.
Today’s poem is from Robert Louis Stevenson:
The Swing
How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside—
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown—
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!
-- from A Child's Garden of Verses (1999)
What do you think?
This reminds me of that feeling of flying you get at the top of the arc. Your stomach gives a little flip as you start back down. I always loved that. You’ll have to excuse me; I’m going to go chase kids off the park swings so I can play.
It is very child-like and sweet.
So Wiggles was afraid of swings? I think all kids are until they realize they aren’t going to fly out. I remember it taking a good long time for my daughter to love them.
She used to love swings when I first introduced them to her, but then suddenly she was afraid of them, only to recently begin liking them again.
Cute poem…and a good choice given Wiggles recently getting over her fear of swings. 😉