Trying not to look at the clock
yet so conscious of time,
the slow tread along the desk lines
these education front lines,
air charged with the struggle
of young minds retrieving
what they think is required,
battling nerves and whatever
other demons they carry.
Some confidently writing
all these long minutes away
into a future they trust is theirs.
There is time enough for me
to wonder about each one of them,
about what their lives will be like
ten, twenty, years from now
and if our world will be kinder then
to children, not least freeing
the imagination from its capture.
What are small stones?
What are Small Stones?
Small stones are an observed moment,
written down. My small stones were initially inspired by the River of Stones
project each January, which sees hundreds of people observing a moment or
experience in their day and writing it down for the month. They can then be
shared on blogs, Facebook, Twitter or just written in a notebook, on a pebble,
the loo roll... To find out more about the flow of this simple movement to bring
more presence and awareness into our lives, check out the following link: http://www.writingourwayhome.com/p/small-stones.html
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