Childhood Blank Verse Poems

Rat Catcher

I feel repulsed when he is near, I ought to have compassion
for this cripple, a twisted foot. an arm that does not 
function as...

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She firmly gripped the cardboard box as though
it housed the formulas for happiness,
longevity, and peace, as if it held
a million dollars and a bag of...

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My favorite color has always been one that gave me strength in the softness of the flower petals
When you’re young you can fly without wings...

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Once upon a time

In May, in the landscape where I used to live, dainty light green buses appeared, seemed to have no roots, fragile, pure...

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To lost friends
I have opened the window and inhale the summer
Some of the cottages I see, made of stone and lime are empty, their owners...

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It was not your fault 
you hit me daily but did not discipline me 
It is not your fault
I learnt to lie when you were...

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The Conscious mind 

When does human consciousness begin? 
I have been going back, to what I remember of my childhood, to the point of baby...

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fresh flowers greeted me when I visited Positano
also the smells of expresso brewing, it was morning
By midafternoon I smelled garlic and onions
I sat at a...

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The Fantasy of Childhood

There was a tiny house near the main house built I think to house the elderly, but ended up being a place...

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My famous Tacos
Made as a younger Child
In the kitchen cooking
Preparation for a while
As I prepare that dish
My Siblings amongst me too
I cooked my Tacos
This is...

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I had a happy childhood at first
Yeah I played with dolls to a tragic
Extent. It was a dream of some
Type of female existence.  I...

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The Dreamless

Now that he had freed himself of the past looking forward 
to think thoughts not hampered by dreams of childhood and
the embarrassment of teenage...

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A riant flashback inks dusty thoughts,
invoking visions of childhood days.
And I long for hugs, country day trips,
and phantasmagorical picnics.

My imagination starts stirring;
allowing for fantasy and...

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A boy and shore leave

The 15 years old boy was standing on the poop deck of an old
tank ship late at night looking up to...

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To think clearly

What we see in our daily life is like a hastily iPhone photo
Lacking depths and smiles not reaching the eyes
Accept what is written...

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