This poem takes me back to 2nd Grade when our teaching assistant read us Shel Silverstein’s eponymous book planting the seed of poetry in this young poet’s mind. This was the alternate to The Giving Tree in my recent Into My Own reflections over at Fullbeard Lit.
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we’ll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we’ll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.
Thank you Stephen, a wondrous poem to share, and his finale stanza is brilliant
“Yes we’ll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we’ll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.”
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He was a brilliant poet I still love him! People should have kids just so they can enjoy these books again!
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I’m too old for kids,
But I’ll still enjoy them
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Lol… I am rapidly approaching this sentiment…
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Love
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🤓🤓🤓
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This is a wondrous poem, Stephen! ❤️
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Shel makes me super happy.
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Yes – takes me back to more innocent times.
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Are these times not innocent? 🤣
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