Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #366
Go Back To School
by Belinda Roddie
Go back to school, and you will find the old
football stadium abandoned at last,
while the sun casts all the buildings in gold
and you recall your adolescent past.
You remember long days and idle chat
with teachers and classmates, bad poetry
written in journals, doodles on the back
of a math sheet, left with other debris
in the bottom of your book bag. False friends
would always disappoint you, though first loves
reminded you of fairy tales. And when
you hear the bell ring, there's that gentle buzz
of calm familiarity. These years
you never would relive, yet they're all here.
by Belinda Roddie
Go back to school, and you will find the old
football stadium abandoned at last,
while the sun casts all the buildings in gold
and you recall your adolescent past.
You remember long days and idle chat
with teachers and classmates, bad poetry
written in journals, doodles on the back
of a math sheet, left with other debris
in the bottom of your book bag. False friends
would always disappoint you, though first loves
reminded you of fairy tales. And when
you hear the bell ring, there's that gentle buzz
of calm familiarity. These years
you never would relive, yet they're all here.
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