Child Rain Poems

Birthday Poem to Myself
by Michael R. Burch

LORD, be no longer this Distant Presence,
Star-Afar, Righteous-Anonymous,
but come! Come live among us;
come dwell again,
happy child among men—
men rejoicing...

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I will roar,
I am not a bore.
My loud sound may put you on the floor,
or hiding behind a door.
They tell children I am angels bowling,
no...

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There was a lady in her late thirties

She loved juicy gossip and kitty parties

Kids were two, an older boy and a younger girl

Naughty devils but...

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If someone handed you a box with everything in it that you had ever lost
what is the first thing you would look for? 


Holiest of...

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It seems the rain is coming fast for me again—
The winter ice is drenched with more space to freeze;
Before and behind shadows, the clouds blind...

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Fat drops pellet the ground.
Steps splashing, scattering ripples.
Ripples in time, circling out
from the moment, the here, the now, the present.
The present of laughter,
sheer joy at...

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I always liked the rain
It’s avant-garde disdain
Encased in every raindrop
Its tauntingly cold chill
Trickling off a drippy nose
Its million centipede dance steps
Puckering the dust, stirring the...

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When it rains, in her fancy,
She used to turn into a child,
Kicking water and playing in the puddles.
Today when rain has begun pouring down,
She can...

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Trembling, the ache
Still tender,
Unkept moments echo
Risking a prayer,
Where will the memory go?
How will my heart ever know
When to let go… how to let go?

Desperate, the...

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these songs are about wizards (mostly)
the untroubled child sleeping peacefully

and when the new washing machine
arrives at the same time as the food delivery

you do wonder...

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Awake little drops at the break of day,
Fill the streams and rivers that are in your way.
Sprinkle the flowers and the green grass far and...

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Trigger warning, in remembrance to one ending their own life and losing their battle. 

When it softly rains 
I can't help but think, what gentle...

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By Poet "A mother's love is made in heaven." 


A special gift given from above
only one person can feel.
How great is a mother's love.



She always...

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Verse One
She left me on one summer's morn
as the rain was falling from an early storm,
and I still feel the love in her still calling.
So,...

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After a long drought, it started to rain.
Breaking the spell on the parched plain
Rainfall fell steadily at the begin.
Quenching the land and everything within.

Many hours...

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