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serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

0 posted 2010-07-28 03:30 AM

The name is bigger
than the art;
it's nearly always
placed above
a spot
two dots
and one slant nose
with pumpkin grins
of teeth in rows
balanced by
lopsided ears
and usually
there is a home

a square
with two squares
on each side
of a hearth

rectangular

with a path
that leads to it--

a tree

(sometimes)

the flowers grow
larger than the house

and those?

always boast the sun
with lines

embracing all of it

with shine--

She placed a gold star "A"

and wrote:

"Very, very, very good!!!"

and gave the child a smilie face

for the render of a place

no one had ever known.

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

1 posted 2010-07-28 06:40 AM

brought back some flashbacks of the ruler lady in 4th grade..damn..now I need a drink...cool stuff ms k

easy1
Senior Member

since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

2 posted 2010-07-28 07:08 AM

This is good. It does remind me of days when artistic blue sky was a mere broad line at the top of the paper---and sometimes the flowers grew "so incredibly high."

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

3 posted 2010-07-28 07:56 AM

hmmmm.....
excellent as I always expect when I read you and always I am left with things to ponder.

which level do hold on to? it is always what I ask myself after reading your words...

enjoyed m'friend... as usual

OldBuddyOldPal
Member

since 2008-12-15

Posts 87

4 posted 2010-07-28 02:14 PM

What a perfect description of the printing and art work of a child. Being a 35 year first grade teacher, I know this very generic picture well; but each illustration is unique as each child brings to it his/her own experience. You must be a teacher or a mommy. Well written!!!!!!!!!!!

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

5 posted 2010-07-29 01:41 AM

How easily I can picture that drawing. I love it. latearrival/jo

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

6 posted 2010-07-29 04:18 PM

er...that should have been Mrs. Pibbles.

Mrs. Pibbles was a kindergarten teacher that was my mother's creation. When my son started school, his shadow--my daughter was heartbroken that she couldn't go as well.

So Mrs. Pibbles sent lessons to my daughter. Big envelopes with all sorts of lesson books and creative arts materials and projects.

My mother is really something special.

Both of my parents had/have a great imagination and I think I get my er. creativity(?) quite naturally from them.

They just don't talk as much. *laughing*

I need to thank my neighbor Cynthia, for the use of her swimming pool which led to my sunburn, which led me to have the discussion when she reminded me that the burn was not the fault of the sun--"methinks it was always there."

And yet again, that one sentence morphed into...this.

Thanks for reading.

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

7 posted 2010-07-31 01:15 AM

I have seen this picture many times Karen
thanks for bringing it back

Loveandlaughter
Junior Member

since 2010-07-24

Posts 13

8 posted 2010-07-31 02:50 AM

NICE

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

9 posted 2010-07-31 06:41 PM

Now I amm in love with your mother! jo

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