14. Smile [100 poems challenge]

14.          Smile

When you’re just two
The smallest thing
Like peek-a-boo
Can make you grin.
The joyful face
Of one small child
Like warm embrace
Makes adults smile.

3 May 2013

Comments: On Sundays at Church I have great fun running a 10 minute singing time for the children in “nursery”. These kids are between 18 months and 3 years, and so their speaking—and hence singing—ability is very much at the developmental stage. They participate enthusiastically, and it’s a hoot watching them singing “If you chance to meet a frown” and get the giggles. It’s also fun to watch adults’ faces as they try to get little kids to grin.

Themes to come: 15. Silence; 16. Questioning; 17. Blood; 18. Rainbow; 19. Grey

Explanation about the 100 poems challenge here.