Childhood Diminished Hexaverse Poems

You forgot my day,
My sad~sad birthday,
No card~gift or call,
I waited all day,
Ended without you.  


Your words are mean,
Your lies are told,
Breaking my heart,
Your mouth...

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All a platonic trend.
Two brothers and a friend.
Since childhood all began.
From morning till night's end.
Fun times that they would spend.
Till love hath just descend.

A friend...

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Sadly-   I remember weeping tears.
Sir Razzle-Dazzle, so beautiful, 
my childhood pal and listener.
Oh, the endless days riding,
in the deep forests green.

Always calm and...

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The Bridge Club Ladies
tasty jello cake
the house is spotless
Daddy disappears
We kids take the coats

games and prizes
great to get out
away from kids
a joyful time

silly fun
foolishness
cackling

giggles
kid-free

girls...

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As a child, I dreamed
Of flowing white gowns
Golden hair blowing
Whispers from the wind
And I pictured you.

Tall with blue eyes,
Swirling at night,
Together, we
Danced with moonlight

Strong and...

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daddy saves child's butterfly

look baby, butterfly
high above in the tree
two of them on a branch
so cute, orange and black
daddy why they entwined
they look to be...

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Kumbaya my Lord
my favorite prayer
when I was a boy
always eased my soul
in times of troubles

young adulthood
my love of sports
kept me going
a fan of Yaz

left fielder
of...

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at Holy Child School
I learn about God
met my best friend there
learn about baseball
and the other sports

three years was there
paddled third year
fighting classmate
then public school

religion 
wasn't...

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Pennsylvania
is my home for now
born in Germany
an army brat than
and traveled a lot

Dad drank too much
and Mom left him
up the East Coast
he followed her

Mom raised...

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When I was a kid
I liked to skate fast
Not on frozen ice
But on roller skates
Down a great big hill

We were a group
Of skating kids
I...

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Through the zoom lense see
A child at her play 
After the rain pours
A whole week or more
The soaked earth invites

Come play with me
Make mud pies...

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The huggable one!
Cuddly and real cute…
Soft as my pillow…
My most silent friend
Is my Teddy Bear.

Times of my need,
He’s always there.
Though has no life.
He cares me...

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fifty-two pick up
a game Dad taught us
picking up all cards
hearts diamonds clubs spades
ace of spades right here
 
Bonnie an ace
there’s a card there
they’re all over
picking...

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tricycle came first
and then the Big Wheel
later came a bike
rented rollerskates
skateboard was a gift

those were my wheels
feet over wheels
I love walking
soles don’t go flat

walk the...

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A journey in my mind
beyond that horizon
where the sky meets the earth
in search of a rainbow
rainbow of my childhood
still sleeping in its dream

on butterfly wings
past...

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