Boyhood Poems

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Early Poems: Juvenalia
by Michael R. Burch

EARLY POEMS: JUVENALIA by Michael R. Burch



Styx
by Michael R. Burch, age 16

Black waters,
deep and dark and still...
all men have passed this way,

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Early Poems: Juvenilia III
by Michael R. Burch

EARLY POEMS: JUVENALIA III
by Michael R. Burch



Canticle: an Aubade
by Michael R. Burch, circa age 16

Misty morning sunlight hails the dawning of new day;
dreams drift into drowsiness before they fade away.

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Early Poems: Juvenilia II
by Michael R. Burch

EARLY POEMS: JUVENALIA II by Michael R. Burch



Premonition
by Michael R. Burch, age 19

Now the evening has come to a close and the party is over ...
we stand in the doorway and watch as they go—
each stranger, each acquaintance, each casual lover.

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The Boy-child
by Humberto Gómez Sequeira-HuGóS

I know the boy-child
who grew in the dark,
without a tender spark,
scared, tearful and wild.

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Transformation
by Humberto Gómez Sequeira-HuGóS

If I could transform
my nebulous dreams
into ships with sails,
my lungs would fly
like paper airplanes
over the mind fields
of innocence and curiosity
where a little boy plays
with his imaginary train.


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Recent Boyhood Poems
Early Poems: Juvenilia III
by Michael R. Burch

EARLY POEMS: JUVENALIA III
by Michael R. Burch



Canticle: an Aubade
by Michael R. Burch, circa age 16

Misty morning sunlight hails the dawning of new day;
dreams drift into drowsiness before they fade away.

......

Continue reading
Early Poems: Juvenilia II
by Michael R. Burch

EARLY POEMS: JUVENALIA II by Michael R. Burch



Premonition
by Michael R. Burch, age 19

Now the evening has come to a close and the party is over ...
we stand in the doorway and watch as they go—
each stranger, each acquaintance, each casual lover.

......

Continue reading
Early Poems: Juvenalia
by Michael R. Burch

EARLY POEMS: JUVENALIA by Michael R. Burch



Styx
by Michael R. Burch, age 16

Black waters,
deep and dark and still...
all men have passed this way,

......

Continue reading
Transformation
by Humberto Gómez Sequeira-HuGóS

If I could transform
my nebulous dreams
into ships with sails,
my lungs would fly
like paper airplanes
over the mind fields
of innocence and curiosity
where a little boy plays
with his imaginary train.


......

Continue reading
The Boy-child
by Humberto Gómez Sequeira-HuGóS

I know the boy-child
who grew in the dark,
without a tender spark,
scared, tearful and wild.

Continue reading
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