Play like a Child,
Paint like a Child,
Imagination unfolds
as
paint splatters and spills,
smothering paper-
in happiness and delight!
Creativity and Health-
Unleashed!
Poem 11 by Ingrid Exner, Half Marathon 2021
24 Poems ~ 24 Hours
Play like a Child,
Paint like a Child,
Imagination unfolds
as
paint splatters and spills,
smothering paper-
in happiness and delight!
Creativity and Health-
Unleashed!
Poem 11 by Ingrid Exner, Half Marathon 2021
Love the innocence of childhood you capture. Lovely!
Thank you Siobhan. I am my inner child and my inner child is me.
The joy flows without resistance through the eyes and soul of a child. Beautiful! 💫
Thank you Ivan! And all that joy still flows through us too!
“Creativity and health unleashed.”
Love the pun on the word ‘unleashed’.
Thank you…I didn’t know whether to use irony or pun…but we as adults do tend to leash up or restrain our creativity so, the only opposite that I could think of was unrestrained or unleashed…and I love the word unleashed…it is so freeing.
Yes, Ingrid, some words can be synonyms yet the use of one over the other can sometimes make a huge difference. The same with unrestrained and unleashed. When you are restrained, it is more a mental and emotional hurdle. But when you are leashed, it is a physical condition also which gives rise to mental and emotional pain. Unleashed, a freedom from imprisonment.
Lovely!
Thanks Ipsita!
A good read and a great message! One can’t help but smile… well done! ^^
Thank you Bhasha! This was more of a fun and playful poem for me. While I each Hatha Yoga (gentle), I also teach laughter yoga…I believe in embracing your inner child and I do it regularly! Thank your for your comment!
Yes – ‘creativity and health’ – profound without being overdone. I really liked this poem.
Thanks Mark…as you know, creativity and health are the benefits of laughter, play and feeding out inner child. Thanks for your comments! This was that poem for me that I wrote very, very quickly…not thinking that it was good at the time. But, looking back now and thinking…hmm maybe my Muse did pretty well!
The joys of being a child, freedom of the mind.
Lovely work.
Thank you! Your poetry is rich in meaning and I appreciate this wonderful compliment!
It is amazing how what we consider child play is really healthy for us all. Thank you for the reminder.
Thanks Danielle!
Makes me wish I were a child again.
Both go hand in hand…. Stay healthy…
I love the concept of smothering paper in happiness. What a great line!
Thanks Pea! At that point in the poem, I had a vision of a child painting with both arms covered in paint and almost embracing the paper in Delight. That’s how I write my poetry now anyways, I get flashes if images and just throw down the words 🙂 Thanks for liking this poem. I didn’t submit it but there were four that I was thinking about and this was one of them. It makes me smile every time that I read it. I still have memories of kindergarten standing in front of the paper and inspired!