BORED GAME OR BOARD GAME
Stuck inside with nothing to do.
Check the shelves for something new.
Don’t remember how to play.
We’ll make the rules along the way.
Pick a color, red or blue.
Throw the dice and you get two.
I go next and roll a four.
Move the disk and add three more.
Changing the rules as we see fit
Toss the board and now you’re it!
© 2020 Kathleen Mazurowski. All rights reserved.
Such a timely poem for all the children out of school now, Kathy. Imagination rules!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of making up the rules.
ReplyDeleteI love the ending!
ReplyDeleteI love this! I hope my students find ways to play board games when they are bored. We had game day in my classroom when all work for the week was done. I will miss these special game days. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteWonderful to read what can 'be' when imagining one's own game.
ReplyDeleteI want to play too! So much fun.
ReplyDeleteHow fun, Kathleen! I would call this "Never Bored Game" :-)
ReplyDeleteReminds me of Calvinball (from Calvin and Hobbes):
"Other kids' games are all such a bore!
They've gotta have rules and they gotta keep score!
Calvinball is better by far!
It's never the same! It's always bizarre!
You don't need a team or a referee!
You know that it's great, 'cause it's named after me!"