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Rescue of innocenceyou have draped your innocence in the warmth of muslin
your dark eyes speak of your loneliness in this strange land
your lips whisper within yourself your desires
when they should be screaming out loud for justice
do not...
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Categories:
childhood, anti bullying, child abuse,
Form: Suzette Prime
One Year Older“I am one year older,” he declares, proud.
Though it is only by two weeks, he leaps
For any opportunity to claim
A victory over his smiling friend.
The joy of childhood is still present
In their...
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Categories:
best friend, childhood, death
Form: Narrative
Categories:
childhood, crush, cute love,
Form: Free verse
Long AgoIt was long ago and far away.
It was so much better than it is today....
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Categories:
childhood,
Form: Couplet
Grandma's Magical QuiltA silhouette
Backlit by glowing silver-gray
Lanky shadow
Lurking in my bedroom doorway
Arms stretch down, impossibly long
Deformed joints, disturbingly wrong
Pretending sleep
Muscles strain, be utterly still
Begin to shake
Body trembles against my will
I dream, irrationally hope
I scream, intentionally? Nope.
Shadow...
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Categories:
childhood, family, fear, night,
Form: Rhyme
Childhood faithMy first memory
of hoping that
God exists
was a feeling He put
in my heart
--which persists--
I gazed up real high
into the limitless sky...
My little faith much more
of a "wow!" than a "why?"...
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Categories:
beauty, childhood, faith, hope,
Form: Rhyme
The Girl In The KeyholeTake me back to that girl in the keyhole,
take me to my childhood vacation;
Take me back to the sand dunes,
take me to that old mini golf course;
I’d surely hit another hole in one;
Take me back...
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Categories:
childhood, emotions, feelings, nostalgia,
Form: List
My adult childhoodMy adult childhood
Childhood, I don’t remember you, don’t tempt me
I just love you now, my past ages are not yours
Not ours, we are alone, years gone, my hand is yours
Come with me, love me, oh...
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Categories:
childhood, fate, life,
Form: Rhyme
An Impossible Answer Goonies Tribute TrimericHeavy gambage haul to save Astoria,
the aureolin Sun hides behind clouds;
Filled a map with wishing well wishes
to try and find an impossible answer;
The aureolin Sun hides behind clouds;
Viridian waters spontaneously sparkle,
a smile underneath waves of...
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Categories:
adventure, childhood, dream, emotions,
Form: Other
What have we done to Generation Z?What have we done to Generation Z?
Left them huge debts, who could break free?
Inflated the currency, raised every price
If you like your kids, how was that nice?
Playgrounds turned into pixelated parks,
Teens regret childhood chats with...
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Categories:
america, betrayal, childhood, children,
Form: Lyric
Cheery Dragonfly
fast
clicking
lucid wings
make flights over
seldom land on grass
tease the excited kids
sensing their padded walking
fly away with an abrupt haste
throwing a challenge to the thrilled kids
bring festive mood by forecasting showers
Place: 1st
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Categories:
childhood, joy,
Form: Etheree
Everything Fell To Pieces TodayEverything fell to pieces today.
His patience wore as thin as the hair follicles atop the head of an elder.
My endurance for this pain is bare and non-existent.
I had absolute no warning of such an uproar,...
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Categories:
childhood, abuse, anger, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
What in the World Does Freedom Mean
As a little girl, it simply meant, not being in a jail.
Nor being so vicious, like pulling a cat’s bushy taul,
It meant summer vacations, and sharing our toys.
In those days, when it was OK to...
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Categories:
america, beautiful, childhood, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Regret Worming InHeading towards the tall trees in the distance
I start to have a feeling in the pit of my stomach
It’s a feeling I couldn't seem to ignore…hunger
So I headed to the ground to rectify...
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Categories:
childhood, dark, family, fear,
Form: Free verse
Child's PlayLet life trickle out,
the hour,
I want to play,
the great pretender,
one last time,
before I have to hail Mary,
to bring back the day,
and say,
how silly we've been.
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Categories:
anxiety, child, childhood, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Childhood Poems
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bad, celebrating, early, friends, funny, growing up, happy, innocence, lost, memories, nostalgia, trauma, sad,
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Definition | What is Childhood in Poetry?
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