Long Late arrival Poems

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 beat, you were mine,

and I see

infinity leap in...

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My Halloween party was in full swing. I had gone all out this year and rented an old crumbling, reputed-to-be haunted mansion for the evening's Dionysian festivities, and all the invited guests were present and...

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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. Burch

for Jeremy

How many were the nights, enchanted
with despair and...

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It was the night before Christmas
Not a sound was heard
Except for the sound of Mods
Discussing the Foxestalk message board.

The subject was a Christmas party
Which happened every year
There was always panic among them
As the dreaded day...

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Perhaps halfway to Bemidji we met a cleaning crew
Removing fallen trees but it helped us little
As they had only just started when we saw them.
The riverbed was much lower than fields it cut
So our vision...

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Love Delayed 

 
Who could have known?
 
The pattern of life was already here.
Hot and cold in its earthliness.
It only required us to find our willingness
On a simple classroom first-glance,
Even as neither was looking for...

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AHA HAIKU 14


Old friend calls
How are you?
Song of long ago

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Old condo ambience
Familiar faces converge;
Robot moods

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Chinese tea
Aids digestion;
Sip fond brew

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Cute boys charm
Innocence wakes up;
Naughty sparkles

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Last journal entry
Some time ago;
Death punctuates

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Illiterate old lady
Well-educated son;
Lovely finesse

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In your eyes
Love...

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To Avalon! To Avalon! Twenty-six miles from door to door.
The Catalina Channel Isle: my destination off the shore.

We sail a wide and glassy sea, arriving Friday evening, late.
The Grand is seen from far away, guards...

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Stephanus Marcus Book 1
Canto 6
Verses 4 and 5

Now herald monarch's late arrival nigh.
From east his royal standard shows design.
A lion bold displays from pennant high -
courageous beast, a brave and noble sign.
King's escort knights are...

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So we all face the weepy songs, throat clogged
just because its blue month with the rain running down.

So our stomachs quiver and we can’t quite turn 
the doorknob, enter in to the late arrival complaints.

We...

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The gym was decorated:
crepe draped and glittery.
Disquietude was partner
as I stood against the wall,
misrepresented hunger gnawing at my soul
and a misunderstood thirst.
The electric strumming died,
so the vehemence of a heart-throbbing 
perpetual drum solo 
and snare’s...

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I. 
Jilly's laugh is somewhere between 
a hiccup and a sigh 
teeth shimmering 
little porcelain cups 
like the ones 
I used in 
Victorian doll houses 
when I was five 
perfectly glazed and rounded. 

II. 
Her...

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One small word to describe so vast a space.
Universe magnificent in each place.
Perfect creations adorning each room.
Each plant knows best time to open its bloom.

Every creature knows where he belongs.
No bird's distracted by the other...

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Benji the Bit-Bit Shire gardener,
had been following Blue Bell a horse.
He read that it was having a run,
Saturday at a local racecourse.

Blue Bell was in the field of race two;
a field that is considered quite...

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~ sequence of haiku ~

 

late arrival
everyone asleep
quiet as can be

fat june bugs flutter
in the dark of night
all too excited

ignoring this swarm
of june bugs
we put up our tent

one of us filling
his pockets
for tomorrow’s bait

clear skies...

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FALL FOR YOU

The autumn comes, sometimes slowly
Recalling warmth on sunny days
Yet soon the autumn diary wakes
Term time, and a nip in the air

After summer’s late arrival
The autumn comes, sometimes slowly
Shades needed to protect the eyes
And...

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