Kids Simile Poems

I.	Daybreak

what glint of morning
is this where the rusty bloom of chain link fences
cuts the turf of rowhouses

the weeds still talk with the legs
of crickets as...

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Scarecrow

You'll find me 
in paddy fields and gardens;
even on front porches. 
I'm a decoy, as lonely as can be. 
I look frozen in time, 
mimicking...

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How immense the moon
for little mouse,
who runs along the side
of little house,
who gnaws his secret way,
who eats his crumbs each day,
who toils for each buffet
for...

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Out my window
My garden
A microcosm
Of the cycle of life
Fading and elusive
Time refuses to stand still
The cycle continues

That first invisible rumbling
Decay detonates into bursts of life
And...

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Tomorrow Is Another Day

Indeed, today’s
‘been no crystal stairway’;
rather, more of a steep
winding staircase
with veiled challenges
rivaling the trials of old Job;
and making a mockery
of the efforts...

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I’m a simple man 
In a simple world
Living a simple life
Loving a simple girl
Simplicity such
A wonderful thing
Got a simple heart
That wants to sing



So every day...

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There Once was a smile on my face but it has been erased.
Why? you may ask.
Why? I do not quite know, someone broke my heart...

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