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Premium MemberChildhood Memories

¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ hoard of treasure ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ against the door,
Full of ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ lifetime's garnered store -
¦¦¦ pleasures crowned with ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ zest,
¦¦¦ sorrow ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ penance blest,
¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ remembrance ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ of yore
¦¦¦¦¦ like a new evangel, ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ halting ¦¦¦¦ toward the best.
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ barren after years
¦¦¦ bring ¦¦¦ joy or sorrow, ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ knowing not, who cares? ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦¦ we ¦¦¦¦¦ find ¦¦¦ pleasures and ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ remembered childhood ¦¦¦¦ thro' tears,
The best ¦¦¦ Heaven and ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ Hell.


(Blackout of Sonnet III by William Shakespeare)


Premium MemberDigging

You dig then you dug you dug then you dig
trying to find the secrets I have hid

Deep in to my body and into my soul
you keep on digging but you leave no hole

you keep on digging trying to find
a gap in my shield I have left behind

Why are you digging what are you looking for
what are you hoping to find behind my locked door

Are there bad memories that your hoping to find
is that why you keep digging in the recesses of my mind

you can keep on digging but I wont let you find 
the hurt and the pain I want left behind

Premium MemberForevermore

Forevermore: is there such a place
does it perhaps exist on a star,
or, lost in clouds of lavender lace,
a secret saved inside a glass jar,
memories from a time very far

Forever more is in childhood’s tales
There it flies on a butterfly’s wings
It’s never found amid windy gales
but always found in castles of kings
And is in the notes a mermaid sings

Forevermore is the promise made
when love lifts those to walk on clouds
and dance midst colors of silver shade
Where only loveliness is allowed
and happiness is ever endowed.

I will find you in forevermore
We’ll wander through lilac-edged skies
On a bird’s wing, we’ll fly high before 
sending whispers in crimson disguise
to golden rays in morning’s sunrise.
© Ann Peck  Create an image from this poem.

Premium MemberMemories of Trees

Note: When I posted this poem earlier, it somehow got deleted. 

Tall oak trees played a special role in childhood joy for me.
The swings suspended from their limbs were sources of great fun.
My parents wouldn’t let me go too high, yet I felt free—
just like a soaring little swallow basking in the sun.
fun

Premium MemberBRO AND SNOW

                                 snow loudly crunched
                                on my bittersweet walk
                      through yesteryear made memories 
                                  of my brother and me
                                      in snowball wars


Premium MemberA New Hampshire Childhood

The Granite State still sharp and tall,
beyond our old, fractured stone wall.
The maple leaves we used to chase,
have now left an empty, quiet space.

The winter froze the lonely lake,
with memories I cannot break.
We laced our skates in freezing air,
but no one else is waiting there.

The April sun now thaws the woods,
of changing, distant neighborhoods.
The muddy boots and melting snow,
are ghosts of things from long ago.

Premium MemberChildhood Bliss

Lost days of....
 jumping in puddles, 
making gourmet pies, 
drinking water from the garden hose. 

we rode our bikes everywhere 
dairy treat knew us by our first names 
streetlights were our curfew, 
on weekends we explored- 
no technology needed.
 
we were carefree to live
eating grandma's homemade cookies still hot,
sunbathing on towels in the backyard, 
playing at the beach at cedar point. 

we lived on Cherry Kool-Aid and adrenaline 
home cooked meals at friend's houses-
 where your parents were my parents.
 
these may be lost days,
 but memories keep childhood spirits alive

Premium MemberSummers were never so inviting

Warmest childhood memories of
my favourite aunt's country kitchen
with her homemade sourdough bread
and fresh clover honey gathered
from her very own bee hives



AP: Honorable Mention 2026

Premium MemberCHILDHOOD SHOEBOX

cardboard cathedral, fortress of dust~ 
you held a kingdom where spoons became swords.

you turned nothing into everything: 
a dollhouse, a toy soldier’s battlefield.

beneath beds, you gathered ghosts and were  
keeper of marbles that were small planets
and feathers with memories of wishes.

you were proof- childhood fits in a 13x8 shoebox.

Premium Memberpaperboat hiku


                           
        ~      ~   ~  ___ ___ ___~   ~    ~
                ~      ~     ______    ~  ~  
                   ____/ |____
      ~     ~   \_______/ ~    ~

     creased with childhood smile
                  paper boat on old pavement
                              memories ripple
© JC Brul  Create an image from this poem.

Premium MemberTINY STORIES

It lay cool against my wrist,  
a gold chain with tiny stories.  

Each charm was a miniature world
of special moments~  
a birthday, 
a summer, 
a secret wish.  
When I moved, they chimed softly,
a music only I could hear,
reminding me that even small things
can hold whole chapters of a life.

The little heart clicked softly 
when I moved,  
as if remembering 
something for me.  

I’d lift the bracelet to the light,  
watching memories glint and sway~  
small keepsakes of a girl  
who believed 
magic could be worn.

an accompanying memoir vignette can be read at: poetrysoup.com/short_stories/simply_charming_13718

Premium MemberRed Velvet Cake

Rich, with a hint of chocolate.
Every piece is decadent.
Delicious, creamy, and with white frosting.

Varies among cream cheese, buttercream or boiled.
Every birthday I would ask for one.
Layered high with boiled frosting.
Velvety smooth on your tongue, great for
Easter, Christmas or any holiday, and
Traditions of the past.

Cheerful and fond memories of my grandmother.
Always making bakery grade sweets and
Keeping her recipes hidden, written in French.
Every memory of her baking brings me joy!

Premium MemberToys In The Attic


Tiny train...tiny memories...
how toys bring us back,
travel great distances
without actually moving -- 

how replicas resurrect 
the plastic solders and tanks
in an attic trunk, my favorite
gun -- dry, bet the caps still
bang...?

Should these shaky old hands
pass them on?  Or let them
desire their own -- to see what 
future dusty attics will hold 
after a fresh settling of years?

Spears, arrows, muskets, laser
blasters -- does anything really
change?  Christ has not returned
despite our subsequent crucifixions....

Yet, love gives me hope....

Premium MemberMemories

Memories of 1987, wondering what happened to the friends.
Thought we were friends till the end.
 People began splitting up,
to take it to the next level in a pick up truck.

All the fun was gone.
It was all done.
Found my best friend with someone I thought I loved.
I learned it wasn't from above.

Time to grow up and get on our own.
Lives changed and we knew it and live to the bone.
Getting first jobs,
watching out for the snobs.

Living in a new path,
wondering about the rath.
Time for a change.
It felt very strange.

Premium MemberChildhood memory

The cry of the cicada childhood memories

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