Child Birthday Poems

Filial Child 

Halfway to heaven, 
so thrilled to be saved.
My life, 
changed forever.
Filled with your spirit,
wrestles to serve. 

On fire…
in the night,
running through the streets,...

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Birthday Poem to Myself
by Michael R. Burch

LORD, be no longer this Distant Presence,

Star-Afar, Righteous-Anonymous,
but come! Come live among us;

come dwell again,
happy child among men—

men rejoicing...

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As a child I loved playing with teddy bears,                ...

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As I look down                     ...

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Daughters are your own forever
I've heard many mothers say;
And its true I could not bear it
If you ever went away.
God looked on me with favor
When...

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The Fact(s)

It started with a poem. 
Penned in by mistake. 
Then it ended up in a letter, 
that later turned into an email. 
That was...

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I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree*
although the poem you wrote for me
celebrating the anniversary
of my sixtieth year 
oh...

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I feel you hovering around me,
your presence, your spirit,
a feeling, like fingertips 
lightly grazing the skin. 
Ten years have passed 
since you shook off 
the...

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Here the loss:
Those visions that were fragments
Then, are sparkling now; 
And these same streets
I criss-crossed as a child
Helplessly filled with ghosts.
...

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My Child

I have failed in my duty as a parent. 
You have fallen away. 
What can I say now to the Lord, 
as I am...

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In a Ferris wheel I feel like I can touch the sky,             ...

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Precocious little Anne Marie;
On the morning she turned three;
While sitting boldly upon my knee;
Smiled brightly and asked of me;

“What does twinkle mean?”
“Aah” Said I. “Umm”...

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Love comes in many shapes, sizes and thoughts,
the love of flowers, things, our best pets.
Love may come as that special gift,
the one gift I have...

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BETTER MAKE THIS ONE GOOD

It’s all succinct until we leap.
Of this day, for three, not a peep.
Grow older, slower — now that’s deep.
February Twenty-ninth!

On horseback,...

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The Sitter

They rushed me in. 
I had no time to prepare. 
Talk they said. 
Entertain. 
We will not be... long, 
it was a song.

Fear.
My first...

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Gathering the Bones

You must believe me, 
I am in power. 
I know what is right for you. 
Your vote put me here, 
you can not...

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In such spiritual matters 
God has given Breath of Life 
Through the physical beings my parents 
On this day January 21 1955
... from God to...

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Mental Health
aka Crazy

The very topic is inclusive of the word, 
that haunts our every step from birth;
until our last breath. 

Fear has no power except...

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Protecting; To the Last Breath
(a dark moment)

My dear friend told me I was a good mom today. 
I went into the bathroom and tears sprang...

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Yours truly snapped, popped,
and cracked his crown out cervix
(I'll spare ye the bloody graphics),
whence obstetrician able, eager, and
ready underscored with italics

to pass (think football) garden...

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