Homework w/e 1.8.16 - TREADMILL

[Maureen K Clifford]

TREADMILL ... Maureen Clifford © The #ScribblyBark Poet

There's quirky things a'hiding in the garden
one comes across them every now and then
in unexpected places - as you walk look left and right.
See there! A chain-sawed rooster and his hen.

It's good to see folks using parks and gardens
where beds of flowers strike such a pretty note
Campanulas and foxgloves softly waving
as white doves bill and coo on the Dovecote.

Young children bike riding with Gramps and Grandma
teeter totter quite precariously
despite the training wheels that are airlifted
by little legs peddling so furiously.

Young skateboarders freewheeling round the corners
popping an Ollie, as they swoop on by;
some weekend fun to lift a jaded spirit,
enjoy the sunshine 'neath an azure sky.

The world is round and we have come full circle
as round and round we travel - fast then slow.
Infinity with no end or beginning,
from pram to bike to wheelchair - then we go.

[Shelley Hansen]

Very good Maureen - with the best of all endings ... an unexpected one!

Cheers
Shelley

[Maureen K Clifford]

Not unexpected from where I'm sitting Shelley - I think the wheelchair is fast approaching

[Wendy Seddon]

Cycle of life. (Pun intended!)

[Maureen K Clifford]

Yes Wen - sadly it is

[David Campbell]

Yes, that last stanza prompts some thinking, Maureen. BTW, what on earth is "popping an Ollie"? How far behind the times am I?

Cheers
David

[Maureen K Clifford]

The ollie is a skateboarding trick where the rider and board leap into the air without the use of the rider's hands.It is basically the combination of popping, kicking and jumping on the skateboard all at the same time. And here's a video clip for you David so that you can practice in private https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xsLp6lqijo