Neatness and GodlinessEvery picture I’ve seen of you as a child,
You wear your hair in plaits.
A stern middle parting and two dark brown braids
Falling down on each shoulder.
A maypole’s dream.
You would do your best to wash them when you could,
When shampoo was available,
Or even in the single, small bathroom.
You would vigorously scrub your face too
With...
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Categories:
bereavement, children, grandparents, poverty,
Form: Free verse
A baby with styleCoocoo doodle I do,
Not every day I coo,
What Mum can do, I can –
My skin needs a sun tan.
Homemade, my hair to curls,
My makeup shines like pearls.
And I'm just a baby,
Or an adult, maybe.
Baby guys will whistle,
Love – their own epistle.
While I sway my bum bum,
Left to right like my mum.
No high-heeled shoes to wear,
I'd...
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Categories:
child, childhood, children, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Winter 2Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about winter, cold, rain, rains, frost, frosts, snow, snowflakes, wind, children, childhood, hail, hail stones, winter life.
Mushroom-gathering,
rushing to beat
cold evening rains.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Ceremonious
hailstones
assail my hinoki hat.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Caught hatless
in a winter shower?
So it goes.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
How...
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Categories:
childhood, children, life, rain,
Form: Haiku
Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about Winter 1Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about winter, snow, snowball, home, fire, children, fun, frost, hail, fish, ice fishing.
The year’s first snowfall;
such happiness to be
at home in my hut.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Fire-making friend,
let me show you something grand:
a huge snowball!
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Written for Basho’s dear friend Sora, who...
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Categories:
children, fire, fish, fun,
Form: Haiku
We are all children of the moon, restless, wandering in primordial lightWe are all children of the moon, restless, wandering in primordial light,
Oscillating in pure light that carries us beyond time, like a lost dream,
We come from an undefined nowhere, without a destination on the maps of the universe,
We just shimmer, without reason, without purpose, in the silent dance of snow stars,
This is our beauty, our...
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Categories:
children, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Stone WallsIt is a dawn, my love did call
as misty rain on fields did fall
l wept for thee, they didn't see
it wasn't meant to be
it is a night, the light burnt bright
but shadows , on walls , did write
l sang my love, across hills above
to echo's, of my, true love
It is the morn, l...
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Categories:
children, heartbreak, humanity, sad,
Form: Rhyme
bad news on t vtwoo twoo twoo
twee twee twee
O the cheerful melody
bad news on t.v.
floods are carried away
Dear children swept like dust
twoo twoo twoo
twee twee twee
O the cheerful melody
that once filled the camp
there was dancing and crafts
and a chain of hands
twoo twoo twoo
twee twee twee
O the cheerful melody
of the waters,...
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Categories:
bird, children, fear,
Form: Verse
Leaders Of Tomorrow
Been around the world
seen some strange sights in my time
and looking back
my favourite is a roadway sign
of yellow and black
viewed in the U.S.A.
which read
(intellectually challenged?)
'SLOW CHILDREN AT PLAY'
...
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Categories:
america, children, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov - 1849-1936
Of eleven children he was the first
and from an early age
for research had a thirst
his love of dogs was no surprise
highly regarded
he received the Nobel Prize
altho' no longer around
of all those that ever were
I clearly like the sound
as with food it goes so well
and if nothing else
the name 'Pavlov' rings a bell
...
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Categories:
children, animal, celebrity, dog, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Woman In My Dream
This is one of my very early poems, but I have decided to edit and re-post it.
My dream was to be a Jane Austen,
Or a Virginia Woolfe, whose “stream
Of consciousness” novel rocked the world,
Or Kadambari, the muse who inspired
The incomparable bard in Bengali Literature.
A few fearless women - Debjani, and Gandhari,
From...
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Categories:
children, inspirational, women,
Form: Free verse
ABRAHAMS CHILDRENThe children of Abraham are a force, sent by Gods word and walk with all of his force.
Like a triangle, we do have points, sometimes we can hurt, and also cut into the earth.
We are passionate about our God, and we bow down and pray for all of God’s blessing while on this...
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Categories:
children, bible, forgiveness, god, poems,
Form: Rhyme
TO BE IN YOUR CHILDREN'S MEMORIES
May we be blessed to understand…
This simple truth…about family….
that many parents have learned along the way:
If we want to be in our children’s memories tomorrow
we need to be in their lives today.
...
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Categories:
children,
Form: Rhyme
The radicalism of a black main characterShe always wondered how it would be
If she, a black girl starred in a romantic comedy
Where she wouldn't just be used as comic relief
And she would be desired by the male lead
She dreamed of being comforted
And not play a strong black girl where she wouldn't be punished for being seen as 'weak'
She could be...
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Categories:
character, children, discrimination, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
MisplacedIn my few quiet moments, I always say grace,
a mother first, trying to find my place,
my eyes are tired, every single day,
I’m praying for peace, to come some how, some way.
A co-worker's friendship is definitely great,
I work so hard, yet my bills are still late.
Im trying to juggle the roles,...
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Categories:
family, my children, silence,
Form: Rhyme
Pixie within the pinkPixie within the pink
let me swirl your tyranny into the high-octaved melody of my earliest endurance
Right as the clock ticked to six, the creaking sound of my mother’s war cry made me bury myself under the blankets.
Laying on the pretty quilted baby pink sheets as the pillow moulded to my head’s shape, opening my soul’s...
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Categories:
10th grade, children, color,
Form: Lyric
Specific Types of Children Poems
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