Popular Poems About Childhood

I spent the day making paper lanterns
and chasing my 4 year old around
pretending they were jellyfish
the sound of his laughter
in the list of top 10 things
I've ever heard

We made an overbaked strawberry cake
for Valentine's Day
drew a jam heart in the centre
before we put it in the oven
it came out looking like a murder scene
so I added maserated strawberries
to try and improve upon it
and perhaps I did
because it now looks like
mushy disemboweled organs
are crawling out of the murder heart ...

My childhood friend Kirby and I once hypnotized a frog in the summer of 88. We found a rock on the lake's shoreline that looked like an emerald. We believed the rock had super powers. An hour later, we found the frog. We began rubbing the rock on the top of it's forehead. It was amazing. The frog was hypnotized.  (We thought) We weren't sure though on how to unhyptnotize the frog. Instead, we kept the frog and fed it to Kirby's German Sheppard, named Bear. That was the 1st time his dog tasted frog! 'oui oui'

After Bear had lunch, we went inside to see Kirby's Grandma. This old...

always being told to eat more vegetables      
sunday lunch was difficult
as a child I was obviously      
found wanting      
     
fewer comments like: don’t talk
with your mouth full don’t talk at the table
just eat your vegetables,
there’s a good boy      ..      
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

from the mantlepiece  
quivering questions  
swirling soot soothes  
chimney smoke signals  
 
written by an old berber woman  
lava levitates sanctum withered mouth  
speaks storm like crawls  
through a needles eye  
 
one eyed truth  
a fools journey  
how wise are those  
who have none  
 
and twirling figures escaped  
escalating science from silence  
in a hazed compound  
 
I saw my sister’s ballet slippers slip  
she wants to be a ballerina  
when she dances...