Childhood Iambic Pentameter Poems

As a child, this reoccurring dream haunted.
When I would run from a monster chasing me
Then he'd reach out to grab, I'd fly undaunted.
As time went...

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Fourth Floor of nowhere- had a back room where
I spent some secret time, in younger days;
a huge- yet empty space above the stair
that led me...

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A tradesman’s son and temple secrets die
in sixty nine years, never knowing why.

Contempt delivered their first child perfect,
your childhood gauntlet galvanized neglect.

A mother’s son and...

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O to tune in to good times of childhood—
To re-live gone-by years, not just to brood,
To lighten dust-laden baggage’s dead tare,
To unburden mind of deadwood...

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Long ago in the short-time lively spring
In the grassy plains of a small island
Came from nonexistence a young sapling 
Nurtured by the love of her...

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Once upon a midsummer’s night,
I dreamed a dream of horses white,
of Billy goats and little fishes-
of dogs and cats and childhood wishes.
I dreamed of a...

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Your room remains unchanged-   
just as it was when you went away-
Care Bears and books still arranged,
your dolls all lined up on display....

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The boy, he drowns in it, 
That double-breasted flesh blanket, 
Striped and stylish upside down noose,
It's too hard to get loose.

Death delayed as he sees...

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Wally’s going to the mall today to buy some things he needs,
like toothpaste, soap, and bubble bath, and packs of flower seeds.
The first thing in...

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I think of distant things and start to cry.
Why must my heart be grieved by many miles?
To place where I was born, I will not...

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Chasing your tail forever like a dog
Into the forest, confusion of the fog
A door that’s locked, without a key
Asleep you found it, woke not to...

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Seven generations walked through your door,
Which stood so strong and always welcomed in.
You said goodbye when boys headed to war,
Two soldiers lost to battles they...

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I fell in love once, twice or perhaps thrice; 
And each caused only more pain than the last. 
I fell in love once, twice or...

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I went to the Dentist to pull a tooth
And patiently sat in the waiting booth.
All the kids stared at my giant bucktooth;
Needless to say they...

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My life has become a brittle bouquet 
Of dead red roses in rapid decay 
And all that I thought one day I could be 
Is...

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