Shifting Paradigms Poem by Bharati Nayak
Shifting Paradigms
Gone, gone are the days
When joy was in abundance
In a carefree mind
It was much fun
When we played
On sand pits
Building sand castles
And running after butterflies.
A balloon or a naked longence
without any decorative dress
Was enough for us
to dance in joy
Sea shells, pebbles and
broken glasses were our valuable toys.
Grasses were our trees
Insects were our cows
Our tiny world was our big world
It was really a happy happy world.
Now gone are the butterflies
Gone are the twitteringbirds
Today's children have no time
To dance on sand pits.
viewing the world through computer sites
they wont play with the red velvet mites
they wont know the smell of a rose
or thrill of butterfly sitting gently on their nose
With heavy school bags
and the weight of their parent's ambitions
Weighing on their backs
they grow up too fast.
Building sand castles And running after butterflies. A balloon or a naked longence without any decorative dress Was enough for us to dance in joy........past memories so joyful. Touching expression. It is really a beautiful poem on memories and childhood. I appreciate the way of presentation as well as title of the poem. Thank you dear madam.10
My hearty thanks for your wonderful and inspiring comments on my poem.It is always a joy to read your reviews.
Thank you Bharati Nayak for reminding about this poem. The school vacation we enjoyed then is not being enjoyed by the children today. They were carefree those days. But the scenario. the attitude, aim of life and the like have been changed totally pushing forth our children into a world which is hard for them to handle.
Heavy school bags! ! ! Muse of life, Rags of nature, Ambitions along the line. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
Heavy school bags! ! ! Muse of life, Rags of nature; Ambitions along the line.
Now gone are the butterflies Gone are the twitteringbirds Today's children have no time To dance on sand pits....../// wow superbly penned and excellent the poetic expression
Nicely written facts on childhood, both of modern age and of a preceding generation. Technology has taken away the simplicity we had earlier and bestowed on us a new busy and much complicated life. Children have been affected much adversely. They have lost the chances of knowing the nature and the life around. Thank you....10
Thank you Sir Parameswaran Nair Damodaran Nair for kindly reading my poems and your valuable feedback.Yes, children are adversely affected by the fast life.They do not have time either to read fairy tales or to play on sand pits.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/25/2024 5:24:58 AM # 1.0.0.1119
A childhood lost forever is gone.
Thank you Jane Campion.I appreciate your valuable opinion on my poems.