Poems About: CHILDHOOD

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. read more »

childhood: unknown excitation -
the world primordial-new,
mysterious place where
dreams are dreams and reality read more »

there is the joy of birth
And the pain of death
the fear of adulthood
and the loathe of childhood read more »

Your childhood memories of the war-zone
in which you were all alone - your mother
a monster attacking you… read more »

Best friends from when we were young
still here with us today
can be possibly the best reminder of who we were
irregardless of if we’ve put that person away. read more »

Fear pedal my heels to absconder
Slow down by the angry teeth of ocean grit
Crab, lobster, clam are no more here
They said to be hidden by the goddess read more »

The lamb, a childhood consort, has lied to me
She's sung songs that she cannot claim
She's sung of blue rivers, of green leas
Of bright suns and pleasant rain read more »

Listening to the symphony of sounds from my cell
I'm at the crossroads between heaven and hell

Remembering back through all of those years read more »

We are products of our environment it is said
and from birth through life we are variously led
From infancy to childhood others are in charge
When you are little, others seem rather large. read more »

My mind is perturbed
Just like the waters that line Jamaican trenches
After a heavy downpour of rain
Like the water that gushes down the gully read more »

Priorities change each decade
For better or for worse
Early ones get overlaid
In new ones we immerse read more »

In a blink of an eye,
I was gone without even saying goodbye.

If you only knew how painful it was read more »