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Jack
A back to school poem
I bent and kissed him goodbye on the corner
The happy school path kissed his little soles
His bobbing heels wave merrily back to me
This baby who was tugged resisting from my body
Skips up the path at his own pace
Books he can read bouncing on his small back
All the world’s knowledge bouncing on his small back
Ideas as big as trees rushing from his forehead
Remote control devices for climbing beanstalks
Ingenious ways to end famine and war
His sweet voice piping non-stop, so I can barely sense
The overhanging Giant’s vile oaths, wafted down on odious breath.
O Sweetpea!
O Stringbean!
Be strong!

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Child

His little crunched up face
With round teardrops
And wrinkles that won't set in place
For five or six decades
Pleads for me
To recognise his total sadness
Just a fleeting, childhood sadness
Kissed away in a moment
In a moment
He'll be tall enough
To go on the rides
Alone
At that great height
Kisses are humbled by the gravity of adulthood
And fall,
Powerless as dust

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Love
Love poem Voice mail
Miss me I want you
Thunder storm poem Storm
Desire poem Cloud
Hungry poem Food of love
Falling for you Gravity
Inviting poem Not far, now

Mother poem Mother's Day
Birthday poem Happy Birthday
Wedding blessing Wedding

Seasons
Early spring Little breath
Spring poem Spring Song
Summer poems Summer
Rain poem When it rains
Autumn poem Autumn
Winter poem Winter

Planet earth etc.
Earth poems Blue Planet, Earth
American poem The Midwest
Starvation poem Fast food

Sad but deep dept
Funny shy poem Violet
Hollow poem The missing thing
Funny emptiness poem Plane
Barren poem Denied
Bitter poem Words
Truth poem Ophelia

Drug war poem Cocaine
Peace poem Air Force
War poetry Mud
Immigration poem Arizona

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	Jack A back to school poem I bent and kissed him goodbye on the corner The happy school path kissed his little soles His bobbing heels wave merrily back to me This baby who was tugged resisting from my body Skips up the path at his own pace Books he can read bouncing on his small back All the world’s knowledge bouncing on his small back Ideas as big as trees rushing from his forehead Remote control devices for climbing beanstalks Ingenious ways to end famine and war His sweet voice piping non-stop, so I can barely sense The overhanging Giant’s vile oaths, wafted down on odious breath. O Sweetpea! O Stringbean! Be strong!	More poems Another child poem Search this site :
	© e-poems.org 2001 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
	Child His little crunched up face With round teardrops And wrinkles that won't set in place For five or six decades Pleads for me To recognise his total sadness Just a fleeting, childhood sadness Kissed away in a moment In a moment He'll be tall enough To go on the rides Alone At that great height Kisses are humbled by the gravity of adulthood And fall, Powerless as dust
	© e-poems.org 2000