Long Schoolboy Poems

Poems about Children IV

Salat Days
by Michael R. Burch

Dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch, Sr.

I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ...
though first, usually, he’d stretch back in the...

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There is a water glint,
just shining through the copse beyond.
Autumn's sinking sun, 
barred by spindle trees and the last 
of summer's brindled reeds 
and sedge and rush that fringe this stilling pond.
.
 
Damp leaves hide...

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Rum had heard the rumour, “There’s a great new movie out.”
He asked around to find out what the plot might be about
It’s a tale of dogs so naughty, folk won’t go outdoors
Twas Ronnie Rat that...

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Jack Allen was a serious, shy schoolboy, who worked hard at school lessons;
Like mottled skies working hard each day, to convey many color obsessions.

Jack was a little small for his age, and had begun to...

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Through the long gone years, I have much grown…
From a young schoolboy to a present day aging crone…

But in my mind, I am as I have always been…
All through the years and after all that...

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I have no friends left, 
In this town,
Will you be my friend?
You, the little Prince
Living On the planet B 612?

Will you be my friend?
The robin
Gracefully singing
When I Walk?

I have no friend,
Will you be my friend?
You,...

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He walked with a swagger,
was a delinquent lagger
       and recidivist wagger
all his schoolboy days.
Joyridin on the Pare’ bus
he’d skylark and cuss
        ...

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A Kidney Tale

It is a sorry tale that greeted this writer in his early morning read....
Of a schoolboy and his kidney that had to be separated in earnest..

Headlined Boy Loses kidney After Falling Into Uncovered...

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He was only a puppy
A golden retriever
I would whistle and beckon
but he wouldn't leave her
For she was his owner 
His only true friend 
and he stayed with my sister
Right up to the end .

In her...

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My Spirit You



How you came to be here
I just don’t know
But now it feels like
You were always there
A stranger in the darkness
Waiting for the light of love to show
How you’ve always been there
Someone I have...

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My brother David met William Geris
A former head of state of Utopia
Having dinner in the city of Paris
They talked about big things

David had plans to run for the state Judiciary
So he discussed it with William...

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I pray to God that it will be a brighter day; 
I want his warmth to clothe me day after day 
Someday, the sun will erase all of my doubts
 and push away the clouds…
I...

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To hear me would sound like a symphony of octaves –
played all at once with concrete fingers
on diamond in the rough strings.

To see me…O’, to see me you would have to turn,
ever so slightly sideways,...

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A Sense of Diamonds
To hear me would sound like a symphony of octaves –
played all at once with concrete fingers
on diamond in the rough strings.

To see me…O’, to see me you would have to turn,
ever...

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I used to pass an empty house 
On my way home from school
I was only ten years old then
I heard that older people lived
There
But I never saw them.

Found old photos 
Showed them to Dad
Where’d you...

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I used to pass an empty house 
On my way home from school
I was only ten years old then
I heard that older people lived
There
But I never saw them.

Found old photos 
Showed them to Dad
Where’d you...

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I remember the first day well,
with your glorious bright red hair you burst into the room
like a struck match,and everyone's face lit up.
Model, comedienne, everyone's favourite Auntie, crush,
paramour in dreams, happiness in stilettos, all bundled...

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A church clock struck midnight, from far far away,
    Overhead, the pale moon was veiled, by dark clouds of grey.
    Two young boys were watching, from their own makeshift...

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Matthew had a secret he could never tell

Yes Matthew had a secret, he hid it very well

His heart was dark and his mind was filled with burning clay

All the other children’s parents said with Matthew...

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I saw the herons trooping across the evening sky
And wondered how far their white wings flew
What perils neath cosmic clouds their patient path defy
What change awaits them none ever knew
The call of summer seduces them...

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Overweighed by stresses and strains, like a wrecked ship, I move,
Yet, like a weighed-down donkey, burdens on me I approve;
I perform my work, like a worn-out machine, unthinking,
Preoccupied with cares, I've no time even for...

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damn, girl
          how you spin my synapses like a sugar rush
               ...

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Journey Journal Page
CONUNDRUM
By Leon Enriquez


Such are the seven ages of man:
Life’s true conundrum in fresh game plan —


“Sleepy” the helpless infant child spills,
Crying bouts as strange wonder reveals;


“Happy” the whining schoolboy thus drills,
Fumbling with painful...

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I chanced on him on my track to school
He was baronial and majestic as ever
Clothed in his outfit and elongated tunic
Clenching in his hand a printed work

The nugatory schoolboy in me promptly surfaced
As I proceeded...

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You came to give me a slap, your arm bent back,
with the back of your hand poised to 'shut my trap.'
I stood to rebuff you with anger, and schoolboy indignation. 
How dare you bring reproach...

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