Long Childhoodflying Poems

Rise High

.                                                *a*
.             *                               *true*
.           to be                         happiness                           
.          filled to        ***            blithe 
.            brim        * float*            /       
.               /         in the blue         /
.              /            **sky*              /
.               /                 /                   /            rise
.               /                  /                    /       balloon                
.                                  /                      /        rise                
.                                    /                      /        /        
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 blot out, oh blot out the sun in the sky
      fill it with rainbow, carnival prize.....                                            ***
           weep not, oh weep not, my child LOOK   HIGH...                  in the*
                 for all that is goodness does come from the sky.....     the arms of
                                                                                                       *a warm
                                                                                                           wind
  whose puffed out cheeks give babies grins                                        /
      barkers balloons loose from the fiesta                                           /
               flying to? Flying toward??                                                    /
                      it's anyones guess                                                     /
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Contest: Happiness is a Balloon
Poet: D. Guzzi
7/18/11