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HellHell
The place of safety was dirty and cold
The building smelt musty, damp and old
Place of safety in which I was to roam
Was, in fact, a children's home
They clothed and fed...
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Categories:
childhood, dark, deep,
Form: Rhyme
I fell in love with Jesus by Suzan SatchellI fell in love with Jesus
Jesus, I am so happy I fell in love with you.
I never regret the day I did, and I still have not had any to date.
All I know is that...
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Categories:
childhood, faith, grandmother, jesus,
Form: Free verse
The Big Fish That Got AwayAt Farmer John's pond, afternoon's sway,
A boy with hair, wiry sandy fray.
Shoeless, in the light of day,
Dreaming of a prize to lay.
His straw hat, a humble crown,
In a world so vast, so far from town.
Waldo,...
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Categories:
boy, childhood, farm, fishing,
Form: Didactic
In Memory of Pocket Knives
On those long days
when it was too hot to ride
or run, a boy would find
an island of cool beneath
a tree and sit there
with his pocket knife
to whittle away time
and a piece of wood.
A good...
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Categories:
childhood, creation, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Fast ForwardThough childhood seems so long ago,
Now decades in the past,
My time since having grandkids
Has been flying by too fast.
From reading picture books with them
All cozy in my lap,
To building blocks and rocking them
To settle for...
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Categories:
childhood, grandchild,
Form: Rhyme
BLACK AND WHITE DAYSBLACK AND WHITE DAYS
When I think of my childhood back at home,
I remember it mostly in monochrome.
In the second world war, when times were austere,
I don’t recall much colour there.
Only nature provided the brightness we...
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Categories:
childhood, color, memory, war,
Form: Rhyme
RegretsThose moments ill begotten
Those fears when I was young
Those friendships long forgotten
Those songs I never sung
Those chances never taken
Those fortunes always missed
Those hopes of love forsaken
Those lips I never kissed
Those fruits I never...
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Categories:
angst, childhood, dream, time,
Form: Rhyme
The Monster Under The BedHiding behind the bushes
And closed closet doors,
Lurking under your bed
On dark and dusty floors
A shape in the shadows
You know he is there,
Waiting in the corner
To jump out and scare
You just...
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Categories:
childhood, dark, fear, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Brother Of Our SoulsBorn December 5, 1961,
blonde cherubic, lips of rose buds,
eyes of the bluest baby innocence.
Remember the 1960's brother,
Massapequa proud, Long Island.
Our Cedar Street,
lined once with what now are
vintage Chevys, Buicks,
our lime-green Rambler.
1964-65 World's Fair in Queens
at...
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Categories:
childhood, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Elegy
A Delightful EncounterWalking downstairs; I see particles of light,
Shimmering in my dark brown long hair.
The light of stars is so bright that it
Envelopes all the darkness into light.
Sauntering there; I am made aware,
By the crispy clear...
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Categories:
childhood, dad, daughter, death,
Form: Prose
One, two, three, Then a change of sceneOne, two, three,
Then a change of scene.
Falls were always so calm,
The winters comfortable.
Summers were warm,
But the spring was always a little unstable.
The only constant in my life has been change,...
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Categories:
anxiety, autumn, betrayal, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Children's Poems XIChildren's Poems XI
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
To My Child, Unborn
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
How many were the nights, enchanted
with despair and...
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Categories:
child, childhood, children, father,
Form: Rhyme
Children's Poems XChildren's Poems X
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Always
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
Know in your heart that I love you as no other,
and...
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Categories:
baseball, child, childhood, children,
Form: Rhyme
Children's Poem VIIIChildren's Poems VII
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Sailing to My Grandfather, for George Hurt
by Michael R. Burch
This distance between us
—this vast sea
of...
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Categories:
child, childhood, children, family,
Form: Rhyme
Children's Poem VIChildren's Poems VI
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Springtime Prayer
by Michael R. Burch
They'll have to grow like crazy,
the springtime baby geese,
if they're to...
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Categories:
baby, child, childhood, children,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Childhood Poems
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