In My Distant Childhood
...In my distant childhood
we raced small coracles,
formed from walnut shells;
down rivulets in gutters
of our smoggy streets....
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Categories:
coracles, childhood,
Form: Verse
Modern Sonnets Ii
...MODERN SONNETS II
I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.
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Categories:
coracles, art, romance, romantic, romantic
Form: Sonnet
Poems About Children V
...Poems about Children V
Pan
by Michael R. Burch
Among the shadows of the groaning elms,
amid the darkening oaks, we fled ourselves
Once there were paths that led to coracles
that clung to ...
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Categories:
coracles, autumn, baseball, child, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers Iv
...Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers IV
Neglect
by Michael R. Burch
What good are your tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is your concern
to a child sick of l...
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Categories:
coracles, family, father, father daughter,
Form: Rhyme
Sonnets Xlii-Li
...Sonnets XLII-LI
Distances
by Michael R. Burch
Moonbeams on water?
the reflected light
of a halcyon star
now drowning in night...
So your memories are.
Footprints on beaches
now floodin...
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Categories:
coracles, bereavement, death, death of
Form: Sonnet
Pan
...... Among the shadows of the groaning elms,
amid the darkening oaks, we fled ourselves ...
... Once there were paths that led to coracles
that clung to piers like loosening barnacles ...
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Categories:
coracles, childhood,
Form: Sonnet
Full Circle
...Full Circle
In The beginning of humanity there was a humble caveman
Who lived in a cave with his female companion. As they
Looked for food and created various weapons, their
Society grew and they ...
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Categories:
coracles, future,
Form: Epitaph