Children's Poems III
...Children's Poems III
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Success
by Michael R. Burch
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Categories:
windiest, boy, child, childhood, children,
Form: Rhyme
Old-Rose
...a wilting flower’s qualities
are just as admirable
as that of
a freshly bloomed rose
unlike their sprightly counterparts,
shriveled flowerheads project wisdom
experience
and growth
their...
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Categories:
windiest, 12th grade, age, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Precipice
...Precipice
by Michael R. Burch
(for Jeremy)
They will teach you to scoff at love
from the highest, windiest precipice of reason.
Do not believe them.
There is no place safe for you to f...
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Categories:
windiest, father son, girlfriend, love,
Form: Free verse
Peace Prayer
...These are peace poems, prayer poems, hymns and lullabies I have written for family, friends and the world over the years ...
Peace Prayer
by Michael R. Burch
for Jim Dunlap
Be calm.
Be sti...
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Categories:
windiest, beauty, blessing, love, nature,
Form: Free verse
Epitaphs
...Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It's n...
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Categories:
windiest, bereavement, death, death of
Form: Epitaph
Stormy Night
...Coldest night, windiest blow..
Thirst of me is getting to grow..
Sweetest sight, prettiest snow..
Blur of him is creating slow..
Fearest insight, rarest trow..
Feet of me are flowing below...
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Categories:
windiest, emotions, faith, for him,
Form: Blank verse
The Last Goodbye
...The last time I took Pop to the big lake, the wind was so strong,
it nearly blew his wheelchair over, I knew just where to stop...
at the top of the hill, the windiest place!
I left him alone, h...
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Categories:
windiest, fatherdad, time, dad, time,
Form: Narrative
Shelter
...As the storm clouds roll in
on the darkest of skies,
and windiest of days-
don't shield me from this awesome sight
or turn and run away.
Stay with me through the storm
wit...
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Categories:
windiest, inspirational, introspection, life, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet