Advanced Poem Search

Submit Poem

Contests

Member Poems Poets

Famous Poems Poets Quotes

Fun

Member Area

Member Area
My Poems
My Profile
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Submit Poem

Soup Social

The Wall
Chat Room
Soup Facebook Page
Poetry Forum
Events Calendar
Who is Online
Past Polls (Archives)

Member Poets/Poems

Premium Members For Life
Poets
Poets - New
Poets - by Country
Poets - Top 100 Poems
Poets - Top 100 Popular
Poets - Top 100 Contests
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poems
Poems - Best Poems
Poems - by Country
Poems - Hindi
Poems - Long Poems
Poems - New
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Poem Topics
Poems - Poetry
Poems - Random Poem
Poems - Read Poems
Poems - Search Poems
Poems - Short Poems
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Top 100 Recent
Poems - Unread
Poems - Urdu

Famous Poets/Poems

Famous Poets
Famous Poets - All
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Biographies
Famous Poets - Black
Famous Poets - by Country
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Popular
Famous Poets - Quotes
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Black
Famous Poems - Category
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Random
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100

Contests

Contests: by PoetrySoup
Contests: by Members
Contest Winners: Soup
Contest Winners: Member
Contest Status: Member

Lyrics

Lyrics
Lyrics - Search

Resources

About PoetrySoup
The Bible
Character Counter
Cliches in Poetry
Common English Words
Copyright Information
Dictionary
eBooks - Poetry
FAQs
Grammar
Haiku Syllable Counter
History of Poetry
Homonyms
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Love Poem Generator
Meter and Foot in Poetry
National Poetry Month
Poet Laureate
Poetics
Poetics of Aristotle
Poetry For Kids
Poetry
Poetry Definitions
Poetry Slam
Poetry Store
Poetry Out Loud
Prose
Publishing
Punctuation in Poetry
Quotes - Quotations
Resources - External
Resources - For Teachers
Rhyming Dictionary
Rhyme in Poetry
Spell Checker
Syllables
Syllable Counter
Syllable Rules
Teaching Prose and Poetry
Thesaurus
Videos: Poetry/Writing
What is Good Poetry?
What is Poetry?
Word Counter

Comments Inbox

Written by: Russell Sivey

Read Poems by Russell Sivey

Form: Tanka | + Fav Poet | + Fav Poem | Make a Comment

Comment |

Email |

About This Poem

Childhood Dreams

She bends to gather
Getting flowers of her youth
Her mother stands near
Smiling with a certain warmth
This is what childhood dreams are

Russell Sivey

Post Comments

Please Login to post a comment


Connie Gildersleeve Date: 1/25/2013 7:32:00 PM Love this Tanka. I can image the child picking flowers and her mother near by smiling. Childhood memories those are the best time, if they involve smiles. Warm Smiles, Connie
Jack Ellison Date: 1/23/2013 8:48:00 AM Charming my dear friend... you nailed it! Well scribed... cheers, Jack
Mandy Tams The Golden Girl Date: 1/23/2013 7:19:00 AM Yes they are Russell I remember sitting in the meadow making daisy chains with my mum xx
Andrea Dietrich Date: 1/22/2013 10:46:00 PM Mom and flowers, the stuff childhood dreams are made of Russell!! Beautiful.
Becca Lucas Date: 1/22/2013 9:44:00 PM beautiful !
Joann Grisetti Date: 1/22/2013 5:04:00 PM i seem to have lost all of my dreams. Glad you have some. Thanks to my kind friend for your heartfelt comments.
Gail Angel Doyle Date: 1/22/2013 4:03:00 PM Stunning and magnificent Russell. Thanks for sharing. Hugs and luv, Gail
Heather Ober Date: 1/22/2013 1:36:00 PM Gorgeous write, Russell :)
Sara Kendrick Date: 1/22/2013 1:08:00 PM This is a very creative and warm work that you have penned..Enjoyed reading this one today..Thanks for stopping by..Sara
Anne Lise Andresen Date: 1/22/2013 12:07:00 PM Pleasant childhood memories, Russell. - Good memories and good dreams we hide deep in the heart - Never forget, they are our treasures - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)