Playground

By Olivia Diamond

A childhood without electronic gadgets was magical. Physical exercise and expansion of the imagination were its hallmarks. Each poem in this topical collection treats of one of those pre-digital era games such as playing in a cardboard refrigerator box, catching lightning bugs, exploring the creek or swinging. A childhood without computer games, expensive toys and around-the-clock television programs is nearing extinction, although pockets may persist where children still spend their days mostly out-of-doors inventing games. This collection of poems captures that bygone time when children amused themselves without prepackaged images and commercially-produced toys.Children intuitively acquired knowledge about life, nature and human relations through the activities that form the subjects of these poems. That fresh, perceptive and keen observation of the world is a quality not to be dimmed by advancing years. Through these poems the reader can experience anew that child-like exuberance and joyous first encounters with life. Here is described what it was like growing up in the 1950's and 60's.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1494423596
• ISBN13: 9781494423599
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.1" x 5.5"