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The Factory
As a child I was warned
that if I looked at the light
for too long it would send
me blind and yet
the stuttering flash
and eerie blue light
from an arc welder
that crackled deep inside
the factory would tempt...
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Categories:
anxiety, childhood, dream, fear,
Form: Free verse
1st Camp Out
Winding up the sheet,
I just Couldn't sleep!
Dragged the sheet outside,
Beside the mud puddle,
...
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Categories:
childhood, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse
I’m hungryIn a time where innocence should reign,
This little girl faced trials, her heart in pain.
Her upbringing, not necessarily the worst, I’d say,
But love and stability seemed far far away.
Naive to the world, she sought to...
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Categories:
childhood, abuse, anger, betrayal, child,
Form: Free verse
I Dreamed A DreamI am on a train above the clouds, a wondrous scene,
No panic stirred, just enchantment filled the air serene.
Faces, familiar yet strange, in clownish attire,
A vintage dream train, stoked with childhood's desire.
A steward with rosy...
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Categories:
childhood, children, desire, dream,
Form: Narrative
Categories:
childhood,
Form: Free verse
Bob the BuilderYou apologize over and over,
Yet do it again cold shoulder.
In church every Sunday saying you’re a “righteous” man,
But at home you’re the devil’s right hand man.
It’s crazy how your so smart and calculated with...
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Categories:
addiction, anger, childhood, dark,
Form: Narrative
The DollThere once was a doll
Bruised and battered
Slanted on a wall
Like it never mattered.
The doll once mattered
When the girl was small
And her dreams weren't shattered
As she was yet to fall.
She fell along with her doll
Embraced...
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Categories:
childhood, death, emotions, life,
Form: Rhyme
My 1st gift to MomA clear-beaded mousie
with a pointy black nose,
twitchable beaded tail,
and ruffly yellow clothes.
The tail can tilt her head--
she nods without a squeak!
Quiet little church mouse,
I bought from a boutique.
(True story!)
...
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Categories:
childhood, cute love, giving,
Form: Quatrain
Mein kampf synonymous as a blooperMein kampf synonymous as a blooper
Writer of these words,
a former Lower Providence inhabitant,
who dwelled within darkest depths
of Dante Alighieri's inferno
for most of his outlandish, impish,
and devilish growing up years
witnessed microscopic scrimmage,
where spermatozoan with most forcefulness
muscled...
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Categories:
childhood, 12th grade, abuse, adventure,
Form: Free verse
I'm a bastardSometimes, I don't recognize the face I see,
Haunted by the echoes of who I used to be.
Influences, reflections, blood ties that bind,
Leave me feeling lost, leaving scars behind.
Ashamed of the shadows...
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Categories:
childhood, conflict, environment, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
The Churn
Categories:
childhood,
Form: Shape
Motheredopposite the I,
is where i reside.
endure and bide,
endlessly.
You see My person,
nod at this version,
never question My identity,
You're right in me, not entirely.
Your gaze cant see,
everything outside Me,
ever watching you,
unaware I am two.
observe me please,
ease my...
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Categories:
childhood, depression, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
The Life AcrosticLasting in summer's gleam, my childhood's delight.
In autumn's hug, I seek insight.
Fulfilling longing dreams, spring blooms lively.
Entering into winter, life bids me goodnight.
...
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Categories:
autumn, childhood, life, seasons,
Form: Acrostic
Buckle My ShoeOne, two, buckle my shoe, a lesson to be learned;
Three, four, and so many more - times the world has turned.
Cross the laces, make some loops, feed the laces through;
Tighten them up...
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Categories:
childhood, education, father son,
Form: Couplet
Gander through timeLuminous miscellaneous adorn my crown,
Frills and strawberries,
Thorny circlet dusted with a light layer of twinkle,
As my eyes hysteric with confusion
muse on this loss.
I gather the lumps of loaf
crossing the border of...
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Categories:
11th grade, childhood, family,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Childhood Poems
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