Back To School

Education makes a straight ditch of a free meandering brook. - Thoreau

liberating

setting soul free

it was heavy in the room and about to get heavier

blue and soon to be bluer

both old and newer

with nothing to prove

the needle found the groove

it was hard to keep still

'cuz feet and bodies were dying to move

cooler than cool

it was great going back to school

they lit it up

filling a begger's empty, tin cup

yes sir

yup

Author's Note

"My eye is educated to discover anything on the ground, as chestnuts, etc. It is probably wholesomer to look at the ground much than at the heavens." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree Pete. I enjoyed my days of going to school. Learning was a pleasure. Now I read and write. Keep the mind alive and well. Thank you my friend for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Ken Simm.]

This I truly empathise with. I understand it and agree if I can . Wonderful.

[Pete]

thank you for sharing thoughts ken. it is interesting - thoreau was a harvard graduate and refused to pay a small fee that they were charging for the paper degree. he also did some teaching and tutoring on the side, he was against taxes and laying down tracks for the railroads. he adored nature and leaving it alone. he wasn't one to go along for a ride if he didn't like where it was headed. wasn't going to sit up straight and get in line. a rebel man well ahead of his time. no one measures "progress" in terms of raw humanity. in their hearts, men measure "progress" in terms of dollar signs $$. i think you see all of that as do i as well ... :)

[Ken Simm.]

That is it John. Completely.