Hosted by Kim at d’Verse Poets Pub: https://dversepoets.com/2020/05/25/haibun-monday-meet-piet/
Public school
Back in the seventies when plaid was the thing
bright colors were typical, as were tans and browns
The pants of children, both boys and girls
Toys made by Playskool, Play-doh, and Fisher Price.
Summer picnics, family and friends gather
to celebrate the season of the summer and the holidays
Birthday parties with moon-bounce houses
Clowns come in plaid pants recovered from the seventies.
Math classes, art classes, all grades
Grids and maps, primary colors, color wheels
Data entry, following patterns, coding
Shapes, colors, directions, codes all in grade school until graduation.
Enter public schools
Children become teens then
Graduate high school.
©2020 CBialczak Poetry
Stine Writing 
I do remember all those bright colors! I had a job designing polyester doubleknits in the 70s, and the patterns were dazzling. (K)
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This sounds a lot like my childhood… though as a boy I couldn’t wear those patterns.
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Why not? I have seen boys wearing some super funky plaid pants!!!!
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Nice line: “Birthday parties with moon-bounce houses “
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Those are the only colors I think they use, Lol!
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Your response is spot on, refreshing in its uniqueness, and parallel to most of the others in that you, too, saw the geometrics and coding as well; nice work.
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Thank you Glenn!
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Your cheerful interpretation makes me smile…especially memories of art class 🙂
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Now that is different! You’ve painted a bright, happy childhood, and I like the way your piece shifts to high school, and the repetition of ‘colour’, in a similar way to Mondrian’s painting.
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Thank you. After reading many of the others I see how different mine was. I guess part of it was that I didn’t really know about that painting so I just went off my impression. Others wrote closer to what he may have been trying to convey. I think anything is fine. It is great to read all the different takes on just one picture.
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You didn’t need to know anything about the painting for a truly ekphrastic piece of writing, Christine, and I’m glad you didn’t. Images speak to people in different ways and some don’t speak at all! I’ve enjoyed all the different interpretations too,.
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Your take on this image suddenly called to mind the polyester pants of the 70’s! Thanks for that!
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That was the first thing I thought of when I saw that picture! Lol!
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