Best Childhoodblue Poems


The Large Blue Swing

It was really a simple thing
Four chains holding a large plank 
Suspended from the ceiling
A big blue swing

Summer at its peak
Heat touching 45 degrees
Cousins all crammed up 
On a large blue swing

Listening to granny’s stories
The distant fan slowly whirring
Laughing and giggling at nothing 
On a large blue swing

Plate in hand my brother would sit at its end
Pretending to drive an airplane
Never knew planes did not have steering
On the large blue swing

Sometimes when no one was around
I’d sit on it with outstretched hands
Barely touching both its ends yet feeling like a queen
On a large blue swing

With my favourite cousin sometimes I’d sit
Munching hot salted peanuts
Pouring out our deepest secrets 
On a large blue swing

At noon in granny’s lap I’d lie
And listen to her lullaby
Soon asleep, without a worry in life
On a large blue swing

Like the swing her hopes never ran high
She spoke to me of days gone by
Looking beautiful, despite a toothless smile
On a large blue swing.

Today it is no more there
With grandma it slowly passed away
But memories still remain 
On the large blue swing.
© Afroze Ali  Create an image from this poem.

Tomboy

I'm a tomboy at heart.
                              My mom said I was from the start.
                                Blue jeans made me what I am.
                               Boys would say are you a ma me.
                              Playing with dolls wasn't my game.
                            Trucks,cars is where I had no shame.
                     When I got married underneath my dress I wore.
                          A pair of blue jeans I bought at the store.
                                                    Teresa Skyles
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