#NationalNoScreenDay

2023-04-10

My 1st #Villanelle poem. Easier said than done, but #NoScreenDays can spark a child's imagination in ways a screen cannot. Maybe we need a #NationalNoScreenDay

I'm an old fuddy-duddy though, where screens were 80's Saturday morning TV and #Atari for a few hours but nothing beat playing #outside #poems4kids #poems4kids #childhood #noScreenDay #Poetry #poems #writing #writingcommunity

A No Screen Day

Let’s make today a no screen day
Let’s run outside, wide-open-eyed
Imagination needs to play

No worries if the clouds are grey
Let wonder bolts blow them aside
Let’s make today a no screen day

Go let your worries go astray
Go river stride, go rainbow slide
Imagination needs to play

Go fairy hunt, go dragon slay
Go zombie hide, go phoenix ride 
Let’s make today a no screen day

Today’s about to run away
Without you in it, stuck inside
Imagination needs to play

So quickly, chase it, beg it stay
Put on your pride and go outside 
Let’s make today a no screen day
Imagination needs to play

Mark Bird

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