Long Preteens Poems

People ask me a lot why do I write
Well...Pain is Lyrics am I right
It constricts my heart ever so tight
I try to break the hold with all my might
But the pain is 2 strong
In this...

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Sometimes silly things happen,
like that, now, old night,
when we named a star,
just to enjoy the following of the cliche,
the sibling from the one that brought us apart.

Hearts filled with the whole innocence from,
You being the...

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Sitting here in this room, it seems as if it somehow shifts and moves? It makes me tremble 

and shake…as I naw on what little nails I have left, in an errant attempt to calm...

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Mrs Preddy wasn't ready
a fragile woman, at best unsteady
no little ones to call her own
just her and Mr P alone
but a heart so big; it had to share
she needed some to give her care
she gave...

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He was mad, all riled up.
A brother of few words, but always angry.
We two sisters were too much for him.
We did not let up because it was our goal to make a man of him.

Besides...

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Although our world is in turmoil by a dreadful 
pandemic and much hate.
Try to rise above it all and find your center.
Find the things that keep you grounded in
the midst of all the madness.
If it's...

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The following immunizations
Recommended for kids
10 to 12 years old
Help protect from dangerous diseases

Parents check
Immunization records
If missing 
These important shots

Tdap (tetanus diphtheria, pertussis)
Protects against 3 dangerous diseases
Required before 7th grade
Kids need 1 shot between ages 10-12...

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Surrounded by verdancy, we have come from afar to visit you, dear Dale.
I notice few changes although this place now has a slightly more modern look.
I recall those summer days as preteens when we rode...

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everybody out for self
young kids in the pen facing death
and still got milk on his breath

first case that hit em he a victim
court appointed lawyer
b.s him got him in the system

and these preteens get more...

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He has to fight his cousins his parents say
They are mean, preteens.
He is six, and sensitive
This is not fair I point out
Their arms are crossed. They are determined
He will be a boy's boy no matter...

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In my youth, I found a decaying house,
and ignored the whispers; it was haunted.
Its rotten porch and roof were in shambles,
but lots of fun things were left unwanted.

Every kid knows, nothing's more alluring
than an old...

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I thought one muse was bad, but now there are two.
Trixie brought her cousin Ruby home to belittle me.
They have commandeered the typewriter.
I am not allowed to interject a thought.
It is all about them; they...

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Oil creeping out from a ship over a vast expanse of ocean
of pubescent faces.
Punctuated with
island chains of volcanoes,
scarred land from harsh maintenance.
Pus volcanoes erupting hormones,
hot magma dominating the land. 
Adults prepare fervently for the warnings
of...

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Let’s go to Shaggy’s the preteens say.
They live in Malibu, so they know the way.
I figure Shaggy’s has tenderloins, burgers and fries.
I can hardly wait to get there; dune buggy goes over the rise.

This is...

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Mystery books have been devoured by preteens since the fifties.
I remember graduating from Nancy Drew to Trixie Belden.
Or maybe it was the other way around.
In eighth grade I discovered Agatha Christie and “Then there were...

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The Faerie police came by the woods at five.
We are hoping the lost one will be found alive.
She was last seen lurking near a hornet’s hive.
The mushroom gnomes hid among the chives.

None of you will...

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In my preteens,
I was nervy to go in the dark.
The folklore tales imprinted
that evil spirits would roam at nights. 
when I heard  the wonted gruff noises like
chirping of crickets,
rustling of leaves,
flapping of wings,
and whimper...

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