Rose Lullaby Poems

Children's Poems II - Lullabies

These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families. 



Sappho's Lullaby
by Michael...

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As I've once have seen, tears fall down the face,
Of a lonely treasured man,
I meet realities with him through the swallow of the lament river,
Swarming...

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Popatop drock
The leader you was quiet and shy as a child 
A beautiful flower in the concrete 
A rose that grew wild 
Watching you grow...

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You called my heart a winter rose
surrounded by the cold, 
knowing when the next flood will come,
but it always smells sweet
my thoughts have heard your...

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Cradle Song

Sleep now!  Oh sleep sweet child divine!
Sleep now ‘neath a bright star’s light
Rest now Heaven’s prince!
Dreaming through the night
Angel’s praises sing your lullaby.

How...

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Like a new thirst in the desert 
My heart was soaked in thoughts and desires
Dominating was the longing to be held
Held in ecstasy, fondled in...

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The Gift That I Give You                   ...

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sweet gentle dreams ~ come to my little baby’s eyes….
        my baby needs to rest after a long...

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Final Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch

for my mother, Christine Ena Burch

Sleep peacefully—for now your suffering’s over.

Sleep peacefully—immune to all distress,
like pebbles unaware of raging waves.

Sleep peacefully—like...

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She told me, please be kind to me.
Beautiful Sheena had a kind heart, a true heart.
She whispered please drink of me,
make me feel, I am...

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I spent my day shopping for rubies
without a hint of success
either the lines were to long
or because of over expense-

I waiting patiently for evening
and chose...

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Sappho's Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

Hushed yet melodic, the hills and the valleys
sleep unaware of the nightingale's call
while the dew-laden lilies lie
listening, 
glistening...
this is their...

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I’ll watch
over you
my darling
as I prepare your bed
with gentle petals
of rose and peony

Close your eyes
and sleep
my sweetheart
surrounding you
with warmth
and love
I’ll soothe
your aches
and ease
your mind

I’ll watch
over...

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Sappho, fragment 118
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Sing, my sacred tortoiseshell lyre;
come, let my words
accompany your voice.

"Quoted by Hermogenes and Eustathius. Sappho is apparently addressing...

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Capture beauty . .


love is a fair rose, captivating the senses
allow my touch to be, your soft lullaby 
linger in my bliss, and savor the...

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