When Life Was Really Child's Play Comments

" Life was all play and games, in our growing mental frames." Great poem. Brought back many memories of the childhood. Thinking how simple life was and how complicated it turned out to be. Loved reading it. Thanks for sharing,

Nice one about childhood. Everyone wishes to go back to that times when the life was careless and not complicated. Your pen has spilled the times of your childhood very beautifully. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful poem.

Childhood before cellphones and computer games, nostalgic! Very well written poem, thank you for sharing! 10+

You have captured childhood so well in this poem, it took me right back to my own. Thank you.

Simply the best. How we can all relate in some way to your wonderful flow of words. Your words always express positivity in every poem you write. This is one to cherish.

a wonderful recapturing of the play-world children create for themselves... I admire the way you muse and wonder at their playfulness that knows no bounds. You cleverly contrast it with the stodgy, literal-minded world view of adults.

You totally caught the effervescence of childhood! ! ! ! ! Thank you for the Magic memories that you have awakened in your readers' hearts! Lovely lovely lovely write! ! ! 10

yes I am still @79 a BIG KID with a small brain I love cakes and pastries ah ice creams and icecream cakes come to Canada and share with me Indian meals DOSA AND IDLI whatever you eat MURG MUSSALAM PAKS STYLE JALEBI AND have a sweet tooth like mine the DENTIST will give you an appointment after days nine till then keep crying in pain or say doc I am coming CHARGE AS MUCH as I love jalebis

Delightful poem and marvelous picture to go with it. Thanks for inviting me to read it.

Typo...the complicated life. Beautifully written with great rhyme. This poem vividly depicts the many joys and wonders of childhood.

A wonderful poem. It resonates with me. How I wish I could turn back the hands of time and be a child once again and escape the complicated life.

Wow! The title says it all. Each one of us has his or her own set of nostalgic images of childhood days. The graphic provides some of them already. The remaining ones are nicely re-discovered in your lovely overview of activities. Thanks for such a nicely crafted poem, Zaynab.

Your delightful poem brought back a few memories and while reading this I became acutely aware of how the complexities of technology such as the ipad have interfered with basic tangible interactions and physical activities of exploring our world. Lovely poem 10+

(cont.) 2 - [ to me, frisking means a 'cop' searching me ] stanzas 12 &13 are my favorites. nice; but all are. girls can also be dull. :) to MyPoemList bri (:

1 - lil' ol' me would put an apostrophe after " lil" . :) of course, PH may have erased it; PH seems to do some strange things 'these days'! Ah, yes! my mom's hot pink lipstick was my favorite! before playing 'mom & dad', we first had to play 'doctor'. i never did it. i was not familiar with this definition of FRISK: " 2. (of an animal or person) skip or leap playfully; frolic." (cont.)

Reminded my childhood days, made me nostalgic, I may add few more gave to the list . A wonderful poem Loved it.10++++++++

Reminded my childhood days, made me nostalgic. A wonderful poem Loved it.10++++++++

Hey Zaynab! I like it very much. Nice to take us back. And I think you intend us to compare it with the kids’ games of these days. Definitely, so much has been lost. Remember marbles, and French skipping and hopscotch?

I can so well relate to this poem! There is a child within each one of us and most of us wish to relive those carefree beautiful days of childhood when we were totally free of all pressing responsibilities and nagging problems of life! During those days, we imitated the elders and wished to be a grown up! But now we realize, the earlier stage was far more covetuous than the present times!

Great dear...... Perfect 10+++++ Naila