Childhood Poems

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Alone
by Edgar Allan Poe

From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn

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The Shooting Star
by Aloo Denish Obiero

Deep in the village, far from city's charm and gleam,
Primitive childhood days, with toys of mud we’d dream,
Swinging on tall tree branches, our airplanes up the skyways,
Butt scooting down the anthills, our high-end cars on highways.

Once a moonlit night so clear, with dazzling constellations afar
Would unveil a gem so rare, the SHOOTING STAR,
The stellar herald, our surest destiny's bearer,
That carried our dreams, through heavens' mirror.


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Children Of War
by William Sutherland

The Children of War are like little flowers trampled,
Young and innocent, fragile and helpless,
Surrounded by violence and rampant destruction-
Their faces are filled with doubts and fear.

The Children of War, so precious and dear,
Stripped of their childhood years, their youth stolen away
Are little Saints for human failing through no fault of their own.

The Children of War, their lives lost and scarred,

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There Was A Boy
by William Wordsworth

There was a Boy; ye knew him well, ye cliffs
And islands of Winander!--many a time,
At evening, when the earliest stars began
To move along the edges of the hills,
Rising or setting, would he stand alone,
Beneath the trees, or by the glimmering lake;
And there, with fingers interwoven, both hands
Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth
Uplifted, he, as through an instrument,
Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls,

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Early Poems III
by Michael R. Burch

EARLY POEMS: JUVENALIA III by Michael R. Burch



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

Misty morning sunlight hails the dawning of new day;
dreams drift into drowsiness before they fade away.
Dew drops on the green grass echo splendors of the sun;

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Recent Childhood Poems
cough syrup
by Alyssa dewey

Legs bouncing
hands shaking
I feel my hair stick up on my legs and arms
this cold feeling of my adolescence fades
and the warm morning glaze of new horizons washes over me
all the things I used to love
The teddy bear that still sleeps next to me at night
waking up without caring
fearing
longing for that smell of sterile school air

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Poems about Children and Poems for Children
by Michael R. Burch

These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.

The Desk
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

There is a child I used to know
who sat, perhaps, at this same desk
where you sit now, and made a mess

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Why, mummy?
by Liam Dolphin

Why, mummy?

Mummy, why is that man smelly,
In his pop-up little tent.
Where is his pretty little bed?

Mummy, what happened to his arm and face?
Locked into place.
And why is he so sad?
When you can go to fairyland.

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A Childhood Day
by Pijush Biswas

It was a childhood day still I remember
It was a childhood day of listening story
About the far-off dune, or about Tiger, Lion and Bear
It was a day to play under sun and rain, not worry
I went to my maternal grand-pa's house
And the day inclined lately, and fast aslept the night.
There, we were clinged to play unto the evening
Or, enjoyed myriadly hung-on cherries.
While climbing everyone on it's string
Saved one, to enjoy it upon ferries;

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Old Days
by Pijush Biswas

We had long, long days to play
When old friendship was sumptuous;
Now, twenty and seven autumns away
I stand, and all gently pass.

Now the bridge stands still
Until white swans come under it
Though they can do to it's fill
And we, sombrely counted unfit.


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