Showing posts with label Poems about Childhood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poems about Childhood. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Go Ask Your Father - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Go Ask Your Father   “Go ask your father.”   “Go ask...
Saturday, February 8, 2025

Pirates to Starboard - a poem about childhood

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Pirates to Starboard next to the Dairy Cows!   My neighb...
Thursday, September 5, 2024

Barefootin' Among Watermelons on a Summer Afternoon - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Barefootin’ Among Watermelons on a Summer Afternoon   For J. W., His Dad, and His Uncle ...
Saturday, July 27, 2024

Let's Go for Coffee - Grab Your Flak Jacket - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Let’s Go for Coffee - Grab Your Flak Jacket   Some give their sons semi-automatics and hate Inste...
Saturday, July 20, 2024

The Mysterious World of Azalea - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Mysterious World of Azalea   If I were a child, this would be a happy place A hidd...
Sunday, March 7, 2021

When We Played Chase with Wind Devils - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   When We Played Chase with Du...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Learning to Comb Your Hair - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   Learning to Comb Your Hair ...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

A Little Child Lacing Her Shoes - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   A Little Child Lacing Her Sh...
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

The Platonic Tree - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com The Platonic Tree (If Plato had considered a tree instead of a cave) ...
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Monday, June 22, 2020

The Theory and Practice of Summer - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com The Theory and Practice of Summer June is Dairy Month Summer is better...
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Friday, September 6, 2019

A Farm Boy Smiles at the Moon; the Moon Smiles Back - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Farm Boy Smiles at the Moon; the Moon Smiles Back A child smiles at the moon; the moon smiles back ...
Saturday, August 3, 2019

A Three Years' Child in Church - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Three-Years’ Child She was restless in Mass, a three-years’ child And in her patient father’s lovi...
Sunday, July 14, 2019

"And Did You Wash Behind Your Ears?" - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com “And Did You Wash Behind Your Ears?” Why should I do that? I can hear all right And I can’t see behi...
Saturday, December 15, 2018

Playing Hide-and-Go-Seek in Eden - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Playing Hide-and-Go-Seek in Eden In a deep summer dusk that seems forever A twilight of fireflies an...
Thursday, May 4, 2017

But What About the Dog? - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com But What About the Dog? Bedtime is a poem written with love: You change into your jammies at 8 o’clo...
Saturday, March 4, 2017

Little Frankie - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Little Frankie For Jacob Garza His name is really Jake, but he doesn’t know that, Not yet. He k...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

A Small Boy to His Pencil - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com A Small Boy to His Pencil O, Ticonderoga, my magic wand – I wave you, and I am an engineer Spe...
Monday, February 13, 2017

Children Waiting for the School Bus - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Children Waiting for the School Bus Children still wait for the yellow school bus Along old cou...
Sunday, September 4, 2016

Leafy Labor Day and Summer's Last Dragon - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com      Leafy Labor Day and Summer’s Last Dragon In a happier world, children this day, Barefoot childre...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

"Roganville! Roganville! Don't Forget Your Shoes and Grapes!" - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The conductor calls out: “Roganville! Roganville! Don’t Forget Your Shoes and Grapes!” The Do...