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Childhood Burlesque Poems

These Childhood Burlesque poems are examples of Burlesque poems about Childhood. These are the best examples of Burlesque Childhood poems written by international poets.


Cotton wool
It is instinctive,
No parent can help it,
If cotton wool is in the house,
A parent will find it.

When single we don't see a need for it,
But...

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Categories: addiction, analogy, anxiety, baptism,



Above politics
We are all part of the political landscape,
And from that there is no escape,
Even if on the moonscape.

We do however have the power to change...

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Categories: absence, allusion, appreciation, celebration,

Can I Make It Any Plainer
Save the Parent before you cannot save the Child....

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Categories: age, art, care, childhood,

The New Generation of Wanna Be High Flyers
When I was young I thought I thought I could Fly,
Off the roof of the garage without a jet pack.
Life experience taught me different.

But even...

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Categories: age, allusion, baptism, bible,

The Evil Personified
Personified evil


I feel repulsed when he is near; I ought to have compassion 
for this cripple, his twisted foot and arm
a beggar with scabby skin...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: allusion, anti bullying, corruption,



The Shop
The shop 
at the corner of my childhood
has stopped selling Danish pastry
and coco macrons
milk and cheese.
The room is bare
The cheese cutter is no longer there
And...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: allusion, america, boxing day ,

Premium Member Playdate
Thanks for coming to my play date. 
I'm so glad you’re still my friend.
Let’s forget our little quarrel. 
[Duh! You think it’s gonna end?]
Hope you’re...

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Categories: allegory, childhood,

What Is Wrong With You
What is worng with you?
I really dont know what went wrong with you
You got our mothers love and our fathers devotion
So what is wrong with...

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Categories: anger, childhood, deep, devotion,

Treasure Hunter
Treasure Hunter 
I was following a narrow road that led to a dry like,
the road was flanked by uneven trees, looking like rejected 
kids for...

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Categories: humor, humorous,

This One Is For That Tune
Majority of our lives are spent searching. What are we searching for clues, waldo, meaning to life, how is death, where are my keys, and...

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© Greg Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: adventure, boyfriend, child, childhood,

So I Am Here
Ok so now that I am here, what do I do? Do I keep going. Do I fly around. Am I sure I am here....

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© Greg Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: adventure, art, beauty, caregiving,

In the Wind With the Molecules
time ticks, what does life do? people say go with the flow but look at their lives and make your decision. choose a path a...

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© Greg Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: adventure, angel, autumn, beauty,

Confessions of a White Sheep
TRANSLATION:   White sheep is deemed to be spotless
               ...

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Categories: forgiveness, recovery from..., sympathy,

Love Within Boys
spend my life trying to avoid the hurt and pain stored upon u and try not to pass it on to my girls when i...

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Categories: childhood, boy,

Premium Member The Kid Who Talks Like a Guy
Down the interracial, middle-class block
there's a kid who talks like a mature guy...
using words only a grown-up man does,
" It's awesome to be cool! Let's...

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Categories: childhood, family, funny, urban,


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