Childhood Quatrain Poems

He began a voyage to a land afar,
But on every step in his journey, he shrunk. 
He wanted to go to a far distant star,...

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My childhood memories of spring's return
are filled with butterflies, florets, and ferns,
of saving baby birds who fell from nests
and Maypole dancing, colored ribbon fests.

Those daisy...

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That story was so sad, 
and unbelievably wild--
how they managed to protect 
this innocent, small child

It inspired me to check out 
more library books
on other...

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In the dance of time, dynamic and free,
Every second, a shift in destiny.
Life's canvas painted with the strokes so bold,
Static changes leave the stories untold.

The...

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There must be something left behind,
of the child that we used to be.
If we search within we may find,
that we still hold on to the...

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Withered zest of life, and ashes of bleak hope,  
will have been seeping through the slits of this green heart, 
For one that was...

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Above ground, twenty thousand feet 
The taste of love came bittersweet 
When silver wings faded at night 
Heaven and earth fell at first sight 

The...

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In shadows cast by tender years,
A sad childhood's tale appears,
A heart that once knew innocence,
Now haunted by its recompense.

The echoes of laughter once filled the...

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Hardheaded Or Headstrong
Miracle Man
7-29-2023

Mom often said Tommy, “you’re too hardheaded”,
I suppose I wasn’t sure just what those words meant.
From childhood these words were deeply embedded,
but...

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Don’t you see the skip of my jolly heels,
skipping about the globe while planting stars?
Ask then from mother earth what joy she feels
When my rubber...

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Her brain is taking her away from me. 
My best childhood friend.. going home to be with God
Cancer of the brain….now do you see?
And all...

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childhood days
 sliding away 
disappear from view.
  in summertime memories...

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Aren't you happier now that they've all left.
No, I didn't know how quiet would sound.
This emptiness, feeling lost and bereft.
I want loud music and voices...

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            SPIRITS OF EASTERS PAST
 
On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate
Christ rising from the dead.
I...

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I imagine that somewhere... exists---
(I'm not sure, but my theory persists)

Moms who read --what their kids read-- from school
Then... :-) they book-club about it --...

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