Short Orphanage Poems

Our missionary friends just adopted a little girl from the Ukraine:

the princess waltzes
out orphanage gates
— familial dance

9/10/2018...

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Good deeds sinners do,
with a view to reach heaven,
bargain for a front row seat.


At an orphanage,
a donation is received;
the benefactor unknown....

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I went to an orphanage on my birthday
Thought I would become a sad that day
Saw children of all ages joyously playing 
Carefree, they were laughing, enjoying
Each smiled on receiving gift from me
Taught me to live in present with glee

14.10.2021...

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dear kitten here now 
left here on this heated grounds
where is your mother 
~
dear kitten alone 
where is your mother now gone 
left alone fragile 
~
weakened by life torn
no nourishment left orphanage 
juz a cats meow


7/6/20

Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2020...

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nuclear weapon, war for peace!
plaintiff and disputatious
country to country
open secret superpower
agree with disagree
the peace in asylum- meditate on death
orphanage homage vow all to it
-promiscuous and wanton love
just a body- chest and back
bakes on secret roaring sun-moon




-December 20, 2018 Chattogram...

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there's a lot like us
mom's died and left us homeless
not putting our trust in anything
especially the government

owning nothing to our names
we can only afford dreams
at least they calm the pain of this hustle

we hope to see Jesus in the streets
when the boys in khaki suits ambush us
take us to central station and label us vagabonds....

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Believe me, not desired this life.
A family, what I wished
like, others wanted to feel love.
Guidance of my parent missed.
Since birth brought up in orphanage;
envied mates when they were kissed 
by their parents at our school gate.
Despair feeling felt as kid,
it continues till now, can't help;
Wish no hardship, God forbid.
~x~x~...

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Why couldn’t you roar?
Silently you tiptoed
What attracted you in that slim tender bull?
To mercilessly made her widow

In an orphanage yoke tied us
Why hiding the motive so deep
Were the five strokes of torture not enough?
But to snatch him away from us

What wrong did he do?
What didn’t he do right to punish him so severe
You have eroded our courage with fear...

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To sit in the backyard,
watching flowers smile.
to act like a coward,
when cat shakes its tail.

Dance in the rain,
like fearless children.
Travel long distance by train
to encounter new friends.

Freezing sweet memories
with my own camera.
forgetting old miseries
to shine in this era.

Wish to earn more
by working hard at young age
and love to pour
money in orphanage....

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A legacy for a father
waiting uninspired
Painted by the numbers
paternity required

Angel guardian my lost friend
orphanage exile
Free me on this darkest night
lead me through denial

Empty titled nominee
robbers roost to hide
Salutation waits unborn
seeded but unrhymed

Grand-Pere whose master’s voice
birthed my infant scrawl
Fill me once then fill me twice
— to sire and enthrall

(The New Room: June, 2024) 
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When I was eight I had a dream
It was an epic dream that lasted a year
I would have an orphanage, a dog and cat hospital
My own world, my own newspaper

I have adopted nineteen dogs and thirteen cats
So, I have achieved some of this dream
We took in a teenage girl after she was thrown out by her parents
I spoke to her mother and asked if we could take care of her
The answer was yes

I guess I achieved part of this dream...

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ripening on the tree
loosing erection
the redeemer comes back to orphanage

for the biggest fraud of times
we are playing with each other
hide and seek

cutting edge I plant
chrysanthemums in my esplanade
at least they give company

you know gold plus
flowers make a very potent elixir
cold-blooded sure to melt a steel

through knobs you enter
the laughing eyes would you
mind to take off the extra wrinkles


Satish Verma...

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