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Woman Work

by Maya Angelou

I've got the children to tend
The clothes to mend
The floor to mop
The food to shop
Then the chicken to fry
The baby to dry
I got company to feed
The garden to weed
I've got shirts to press
The tots to dress

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The Complaint Of Ceres

by Friedrich Schiller

Does pleasant spring return once more?
Does earth her happy youth regain?
Sweet suns green hills are shining o'er;
Soft brooklets burst their icy chain:
Upon the blue translucent river
Laughs down an all-unclouded day,
The winged west winds gently quiver,
The buds are bursting from the spray;
While birds are blithe on every tree;
The Oread from the mountain-shore

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The Sole Witness

by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Aiken Drum lived a very long time ago, in days of sweetest nostalgia,
And his parents told amazing stories; when rose danced with dahlia!

Aiken was captivated by the myths and the legends, waking fancies,
Notably the tale of the man in the moon; like pearls of night's ease!

In each telling, he feigned to be, the celebrated "man in the moon,"
As imagination rises from impetus, and hearing mind's whimsy tune.

Aiken Drum enjoyed fruits of friendship, and the ways summer flies;

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For Whom The Bell Tolls

by John Donne

PERCHANCE he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he
knows not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so
much better than I am, as that they who are about me, and see my
state, may have caused it to toll for me, and I know not that. The
church is Catholic, universal, so are all her actions; all that she
does belongs to all. When she baptizes a child, that action
concerns me; for that child is thereby connected to that body which
is my head too, and ingrafted into that body whereof I am a member.
And when she buries a man, that action concerns me: all mankind is
of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is

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The Crunch

by Charles Bukowski

too much too little

too fat
too thin
or nobody.

laughter or
tears

haters

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Recent Children Poems

TAKEN BY SURPRISE

by Grace K N

Life may take us by surprise
Happy it may be or sad,
Attitude's what helps us rise
When life circumstance is bad.

In sickness there's always hope
That tomorrow may bring health,
In poverty's far tightened rope
Dreams of future with much wealth.

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The Sole Witness

by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Here Today, Gone by Spring

by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Amy's family moved to the north, for Father's business was relocating;
Like four distinctly, beautiful seasons, caused by a blue world, rotating.

Her brothers and sisters, like Amy, loved the delights of southern life;
Such as going barefoot and tire swings, and noon's buttery sun strife.

Still, the change was so exciting, like mulberry light of stars, twinkling.
They reached the addresss in autumn, when red leaves were wrinkling.

Faces of friends were very new, like the lime zest, fresh rain, just fallen;

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Summer Delight

by Evelyn Judy Buehler

cool sparkling sea spray
such tinted frothing bubbles
it's a hot hot day

A Deafening Roar

by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Lucia and her family lived in the desert, like orange sunshine every day.
She lived with her parents, brothers and sisters, like cacti bloom display.

Their adobe home helped keep them cool, in an area of natural beauty;
A mountainous area, with exotic flora and fauna, and midnights sooty.

Deep blue skies were invariably clear, and outdoor exertion constricted,
To the hours of dawn and dusk; to prevent wilting like a rose, afflicted.

Fantastic starry nights were in favor, and the fanciful breeze blew silkily;

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