Figure 1.--These junior boys at a boarding school are sharing a little free time in their treehouse during their lunch break.
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Figure 1.--These junior boys at a boarding school are sharing a little free time in their treehouse during their lunch break. |
The busy modern child especially appreciates his free time. This is especially true of children at boarding schools where so much of the day is tightly scheduled. Even in day school, however, children appreciate the free time at recess or lunch to relax with friends or perhaps steal a few quiet moments amid the frenzied activity of the school day.
Blue freedom
It was a hot day
there were no clouds in the sky
as I was lying on the freshly cut grass
with the hot sun blazing upon me
as I looked up
I saw three birds soaring in blue
freedom
Michael Gardyne, Lymphad, Cashmere High School, 1993
Ingulfed in silence,
you hear the faries singing,
their voices softly whisked away,
by the wind.
A rustle in the trees,
flicks my head back,
forcing the sun to scratch,
sharply,
at my eyes,
black
The seagulls insistently,
cry in agony,
their screeches,
stifling,
the gossip,
of the undergrowth.
Floating slowly
I am playing with the fairies,
thick and desolate,
silence.
Sarah Parder, Lymphad, Cashmere High School, 1993
