Cocklebur Song
...Cockleburs on his chin, cockleburs between his toes
He has been where the dreaded cockleburs grow.
Cockleburs on his head, neck, butt, and his dog tail.
Cockleburs are prickly, stickery, and somet...
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Categories:
cocklebur, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Children's Poems XI
...Children'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. Bu...
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Categories:
cocklebur, child, childhood, children, father,
Form: Rhyme
Poems About Children Iii
...Poems about Children III
Miracle
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
The contrails of galaxies mingle, and the dust of that first day still shines.
Before I conceived you, before your heart bea...
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Categories:
cocklebur, adventure, child, childhood, children,
Form: Rhyme
Just Then
.....just then
It was just there, a few weeks ago,
When the Sun was high;
Nestled with Fleabane;
Pillowed in Stitchwort.
Barely fern-like and feathery, just new,
A small Astilbe, from ...
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Categories:
cocklebur, autumn,
Form: Blank verse
Indicium
...black snakeroot, yew, cocklebur, poison (ivy, oak, parsnip, sumac, ryegrass, hemlock), blister bushes, daffodil, mayapple, lilium, jerusalem cherry, indian licorice, deadly nightshade, christmas rose...
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Categories:
cocklebur, life,
Form: Free verse