September 10, 2019

GEOMETRICAL SHAPES

I did okay in geometry - getting to know

all those shapes: squares, circles,

rectangles, pyramids and parallelograms.

But I rather be outside - spotting

the shapes of rocks and leaves,

trees and fields and mountains.

Then footballs, baseballs, basketballs,

golf balls and the great big ocean

on the edge of my world: the Atlantic.

Then came lakes and rivers, ponds

and people, people with noses, bellies,

bodies  more interesting than classroom stuff.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019