Childhood Rispetto Poems

When stars ascend and illuminate moonlight,
he sits in the midst of childhood confusion,
bricks in ruby quartz, shape pearl-face of twilight,
crafting a castle from artistic vision
where...

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Close your eyes, I'll take you down a country lane
Leading to a stream where crystal waters flow.
Can you hear the song thrush sing his sweet...

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As a girl, I imagined a place to be
Sprinkled in stardust, where grassy skies rotate
A pirate nymph, commanding the purple sea
Leaping unicorns across a rainbow...

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Rainy Day Times

In my childhood, I just relished rainy days,
all prepared in yellow slicker, hat and boots.
I was oft the crazy kid outside that plays,
catching...

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The day Captain Concorde did come to my school,
Was the day I first came to love poetry,
Before that day all poems were dull and not...

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 I dreamt last night of innocent days gone by
under the watchful eye of a summer sun.
My imagination was all I relied
to chase away boredom,...

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Sweetheart, a cerebral woman I respect
Enchanted by her month when all life awakes
Smiles from childhood lovingly resurrect
Morning dew, tulip scent, warm days, birthday cake

Italian squeaked...

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The summer sun shined in the sky like a jewel.
Dad and daughter happily played in the waves.
Beach sand was hot but the saltwater felt cool.
This...

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My beautiful boy gently sleeps through the night
dreaming of far off places I'll never see.
Under a hand-knitted blanket soft and white,
I quietly watch him breathing...

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Intro: 
To be a writer such as he, there are none
  His work outlasts the best, I’m sure…
      ...

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A tree of height dreams was vast Sweet gum it seems, 
when I chance to retrace tender childhood thoughts. 
Young dreams of enemy's luck in...

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Looking into empty rooms, her eyes were filled,
Memories lived in tattered shapes and played here;
As she drifted back in ages past, tears spilled,
Laughter echoed and...

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Sage, with timeless lessons, her words in my ears,
spoken earnestly before mistakes were made.
Carried through from childhood, to adult years.
Words, as a mother, I was...

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