Child Teenage Poems

Teenagers, oh how they grow,
With hormones raging, they are a show!
Their taste in music and style that's new,
With beats so fresh and fashion so true.

They...

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Reluctant to be a child
Unsupervised in the wild
Never dreamed of trafficking 
All the screams inside happening
Wide eyed and busy tail
All points bulletin for sale
Youth is...

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You won't be remembered as a marvel 
Or a joy or a pleasure or anything 
You won't be loved or hated or thought of 
Your...

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Two tiny tots playing in the sand.
Life for them seemed just grand,
Life for these girls held untold joys,
There was no need for expensive toys.
A little...

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Young and wild
Just wanting to be seen
Doing things she knew little about
Consequences unforeseen 

Her parents did what they thought best
For their beloved child
She returned home...

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under the sky, there is a teenage guy
       lots of problems, facing with the smile
    ...

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As a child my tree was covered in shimmering and golden blossom.

As a teenager
roots spread, grew away from home
to pastures anew.

Now that I am aged...

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She was a believer until life took away grace from inside her bosom now she is a deceiver!


A receiver of gifts and her body an...

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EARLY POEMS XXI - JUVENILIA

Dance With Me
by Michael R. Burch

(circa age 18)

Dance with me
to the fiddles’ plaintive harmonies.
Enchantingly,
each highstrung string,
each yearning key,
each a thread within...

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Brother Daylight, Sister Darkness
Oh where do I belong
I stand alone in twilight
Like a singer, short on song
A kite devoid of string
A nickel short a dime
Unsure...

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Gentle, like a soft rain
Often silent, soothing away
Fears that trampled 
Over my soul, erasing the little girl
Innocence
With a sense of darkness
A kiss of dread, pouring...

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I’m a bohemian girl
I wear my hair in curls,
I wear maxi skirts
And denim shirts.
I wear long earrings
And black stockings.
I like folk songs,
And pierced tongues.
I like...

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See the girls on the corner 
In tight tanks 
And micro minis
Popping gum
Locking eyes 
Driving boys wild
See the sunlight 
Outline their curls in gold
Memories of...

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Juvenilia: Early Poems XIII

Davenport Tomorrow
by Michael R. Burch

Davenport tomorrow ...
all the trees stand stark-naked in the sun.

Now it is always summer
and the bees buzz in...

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Juvenilia: Early Poems XII

Because You Came to Me
by Michael R. Burch

for Beth

Because you came to me with sweet compassion
and kissed my furrowed brow and smoothed...

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