I share my life with numbers,
I share my secrets too,
and numbers tell me everything
that I need to know and do.
I like to add up numbers,
I like to take them away;
I’m learning how to multiply
and divide them every day.
I can rely on numbers,
they can rely on me,
but when I’m ready for bed,
I much prefer to read.
I enjoy the fun and danger,
I love to learn new words,
meeting amazing characters,
animals and birds.
When the morning comes,
I’m playing with numbers again;
finding their rules and patterns
helps stimulate my brain.
Kim M. Russell, 13th March 2023
Today at What’s Going On?, our host, Sumana, would like us to craft poems from a child’s perspective about everything a child comes across. She has given us three examples of such poems, two of which I know well: ‘Now We Are Six’ by A.A. Milne and ‘Life Doesn’t Frighten Me’ by Maya Angelou; the other is ‘Home’ by Warsan Shire.
I’ve just returned from visiting my daughter for my grandson’s sixth birthday, so I’m looking at life through his eyes. His birthday party was held at Ninja Warriors, an activity centre.
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Kim, I really enjoyed the perspective of your grandson. He really seems to be into numbers big time. Glad he enjoys reading too! Wonder what he will choose to become as an adult!
(Until I read the explanation at the end, I thought you were writing about yourself! Smiles.)
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I was never a number girl, always a reader and writer, and sometimes artist!
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I also love numbers. Just not math.😅
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Ahhh I love this poem.. although I never liked the constraint of numbers and find as applied to age they are becoming quite surreally mind-boggling!! Seriously, I am finding that the older I get, and I am getting old(er)… I am enjoying the clean precision of numbers where existential concerns combined with realistic mortality is not a friend of imagination! … hmmm nor are numbers for that matter :) Nevertheless.. back to your poem.. greatly enjoyed the simple joy!
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Thank you!
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I enjoyed this poem so much. I was hopeless at numbers, had a hard time with long division. But have been reading every night since I was five.
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Thank you, Sherry. I was the same.
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Learning has many facets. (K)
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It does indeed.
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Grandchildren, I’m told, are the best. This is a great poem in honor of that opportunity to hear the mind and heart of a child.
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Many thanks, Susan.
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I love the playfulness of the words so related to a child mind and heart. Number and words seem to be two characters here. A delightful poem, Kim.
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Thanks so much, Sumana!
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This was both my sons – but with a dinosaur obsession added in! A lovely poem Kim.
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Thanks Kim! Lucas like dinosaurs too. His ambition is to be a Gladiator on TV with the name Titanium!
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Very insightful poem. And well crafted in how we think. Great perspective.
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Thank you, Alan.
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Kim, what a responsibility being six years old! I was more of a book reader, than liking numerical activities. These days, it’s life through IT and mobile technologies, at any age….
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I didn’t like numbers and much preferred words in all their forms.
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This is a fun poem. You’ve captured the child’s voice perfectly. Unlike her, I never felt that comfortable with numbers. It was all about story books and their wonderful illustrations for me. :)
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Thank you, Suzanne. I’m not a number person either.
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I’m not nor have I ever been a numbers person, but I so love the peek through the eyes of this child who loves them. And yes, you captured the voice of a child beautifully.
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Thank you, Susie.
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