Go on child

Go on child is a setting of a short poem by t.r.h blue, which reflects on the activities of a small child, playing outside in the mud. Torri, the poet, sheds a gentle light on this messiest of pursuits, speaking from the perspective of a parent who seeks to encourage this very tiny human to revel in the dirt and muck and earth after all, why have hands if not to plunge them into the ground? I love the tenderness of the language she uses, finding the joy and wonder in her child's world where other parents might despair at the mess. Go on child speaks to me about motherhood beyond the bits we usually celebrate, and the beauty in the muddle of a little boy