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Short Immigrating Poems

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Premium Member The trauma of immigrating to the US as a kid
That kid at eleven before his first kiss
is the kid that I really, really miss.
Every kid thereafter
was more tears than laughter,
molding the world-weary cynic that this old man now is.
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Categories: immigrating, 12th grade, childhood, dark, growing up, youth,
Form: Rhyme



London
London,
a great house standing by
a long water,
bathed by a golden sun
behind the closed doors
of the eastern clouds
that send stuttering rains
even on the hearth of summer
to salute all that pass
the kennels of the
city once they have legitimate
travel passes that will elevate
them high enough to see
the Big Ben -
a timely invention
chiming and tolling,
to remind us of our
immigrating hearts....

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Categories: immigrating, city, london,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things