A Child Fishing Comments

This is a charming vignette of childhood. It captures a moment that doesn't always get acknowledged the time that a child spends alone, using his imagination and taking his pastime seriously. Such time alone is an important part of a child's development and your poem shows why. He had to prepare his fishing box, choose what and how he's going to fish, deal with failure without giving up, know when it's time to go home! I can see myself in this poem, my 45-year-old nephew and my 23-year-old son - we all experienced this day of fishing alone. Thanks for kindling my memory!