Happy Childhood Poems

I loved my childhood summers
In the mountains, where we stayed
In a small, one-bedroom bungalow 
Where memories were made.

We didn’t mind the lack of space;
Outside were...

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I am playing with mommy’s make up
While she’s tired and putting her feet up
I’m supposed to be having rest too
But face painting’s a fun thing...

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agree to disagree 


At a young age, I started to realize that the only way to make my mom happy was to agree with her.?When...

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Childhood memories
come back on nostalgic track.
With naivety 
I’m happy,
find the child in me.
...

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             6/10/2025


Dearest Cousin Yolanda~


Ponderings on our days so very long ago, 
When we...

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Forgive me, childhood, sweet mirage of lost time,
When I ran through fields with dreams tied to the blue sky,
There was a time when I believed...

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Have you ever felt the weight of your heart in your chest? The low, saddened beats that echo through your entire being? The way it...

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She appeared beside me
before I could climb on
the shiny palomino—
barefoot, bright-eyed,
with a plan already forming
behind her charming grin,
so naturally I let her
canter first and then...

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I’ll tell a secret just to you,
    a fantasy that’s really true.
    My bed can fly through time and...

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I was living with my family,
And was a happy child.
My Father helped me grew up,
To live a struggling life...

Messy hairs with darks
around my faces,
Everyday I...

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Spring and Summer those seasons went by
The best thing in the world always falls from the sky
No matter the situation, the love was theirs
The price...

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The night before my father’s heart attack,
my brother and I were splayed across a bed
watching a re-run of “Happy Days”
and eating Oreo cookies.

My father sat...

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Back in the eighties, wild and free..
A golden time for you and me.  
We'd ride our bikes through streets unknown.. 
No screens, no apps.....

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I *gate* my heart, my *jewel*, my happiness
in the *shadows* beneath my chest
Outside they *mutter* about dangerous games
But I'm no knight,  I don't own...

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MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND
(by Michelle L. LeBlanc 03/16/2025)
Dedicated to Connie Steeves

Our friendship goes way back
I believe we were in grade 3?
In our brown and beige uniforms
At...

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