Childhood Poems
rat-poison, tar, apple-cider 
it is as black as night out
but we stay late in the grass
in our shorts, catching... more
Poet: Mikael O'Doughartaigh  by: Mikael O'Doughartaigh | rating: 
Boys
If I
With my human failing sight,
My imperfection,
My bias,
My prejudice,
My wanton... more
Poet: Leonard M Hawkes by: Sadaf | rating: She makes me make believe (For my niece Angelica)
She makes me make believe that santa is real.
Makes me believe that pixies with wings... more
Poet: Jasmin Grider by: Jasmin Grider | rating: We're
For thirteen years,
we're graded down.
We're given pencils,
we learn to frown.
For... more
Poet: Bianca McCowat by: Bianca McCowat | rating: The Ball Poem
What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily... more
Poet: John Berryman by: John Berryman | rating: Reality
growing distributions of mental institutions,
revenge, retribrution is not an ideal... more
Poet: Jennifer Donelle Riegle by: Jennifer Donelle Riegle | rating: Bicycle Dreams
Wood ramp against curb
calls to bicycle wings
... more
Poet: Chris Sorrenti by: Noshaba Siddiqui | rating: Oven
I see in her mottled skin
such visions
of dishwater pain,
The desperately overturned... more
Poet: Michael Pollick by: Michael Pollick | rating: CATCH THAT LEAF
Catch That Leaf
Falling high from the old oak tree
Catch That Leaf
While the air... more
Poet: William F. Polden Sr. by: William F. Polden Sr. | rating: Brother Judd
The fish could hardly be
expected to remember us-
Two sleep-dusted Ohio boys,... more
Poet: Michael Pollick by: Michael Pollick | rating:
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