Strawberry Season

Strawberries ripen, their scarlet-red sweetness staining the cheeks of students whose bodies, unripened, rail against the conformity of stiff backed chairs and bolted down desks.  Spring has dared to don the cloak of summer – green emboldened fields trampling over delicate beginnings; and we are splash pad, motorcycle revving, boom box crazy, ready to plunge into the swelter, restless.

Strawberries ripen
Spring’s sweet offerings foretell –
Summer games begin.

(Image my own)

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VJ

Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.

22 thoughts on “Strawberry Season”

  8. I don’t think children ever get used to sitting at desks all day.
    I wonder if they still get to enjoy the freedoms (and fruits) of summer. Certainly not the way we did I would imagine. (K)

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  10. Yes! I believe most of us love strawberries! When I was a child, we had a ‘Strawberry Social’ at our church and the treat that was served was strawberry shortcake. Your post certainly reminded me of those childhood days…running under the sprinkler and eating strawberries and mulberries to our heart’s content.

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