Kids' World of Nature - Where childhood is forever

Kids' World of Nature -

 Where childhood is forever 

(In celebration of UN Children's Month, November 2023)

Kids' World of Nature -

Where childhood is forever

"Fleeting moments are most precious,

ephemeral yet eternal. The child in you

lives to the golden years of your life."

Dr Abe V Rotor

Catching land crabs with a bamboo trap. Palauig, Zambales

How I love to catch gammarong (Ilk) crab

when I was like my son Leo Carlo;

he learned the skill early from me, passed on

by old folks by the sea; Leo in turn

shall teach others before the art is lost,

as treasured trade and tradition.

Building sandcastles. Morong, Rizal

Building sandcastles, building dreams,

on waking up are gone, but they return

as sandcastles and dreams again

throughout youth, higher and bigger,

crumbling leaving ruins of memories,

ruins where castles once stood proud,

uniting reality and fantasy into a happy,

wonderful and fulfilled life.

Summer fun on the beach. San Juan, Ilocos Sur

Frolic in company with the waves and tides,

when the sea is as blue as the sky, and wish

boyhood is forever and never dies;

or you'll always tarry in later years if you don't;

for fleeting moments are most precious,

ephemeral yet eternal in that child in you

who lives into the golden years of life.

Christmas for under-the-bridge children. Pasay MM

The bells of Christmas sound louder among the poor;

the Bethlehem star shines brighter, too.

The angels come earlier in their homes without door.

in exchange of a simple lantern or two.

Instant swimming pool from busted pipe. Sta. Mesa, MM

A swimming pool in the middle of a street,

a busted pipe blessing to a dozen kids

in the neighborhood in frolic and laughter;

like a Riviera or Thoreau's Walden;

it's a children's world, a corner of Eden.

Mushrooms growing on a tree stump. UP Diliman QC

Mushrooms on a stump, home of the dwarfs:

red, yellow, white, or in disguise,

each color a character, a foe or a friend,

to find where the pot of gold lies.

Nipa Hut by the river, Tagbilaran, Bohol

Frolicking - game of the vibrant and the young,

recreating a primordial social bond;

where innocence means freedom and adventure,

In sweet abandon, here and beyond. ~