Childhood Archives - The Creative Exiles

“Spellman” Street Days

October 23, 2023March 13, 2024 Steve Walters 976 Views 3 Comments Childhood, ManlyPoetryMan, old house, Peanuts, Schwinn Bike, Steve Walters

My Younger Days Kind of Remind Me of the “Peanut’s” Comics (Special Thanks to the “Peanuts” Comic strip which helped

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Stepping Back to Childhood

August 5, 2021September 25, 2021 Rasma Raisters 1845 Views 4 Comments Childhood, poems, poetry, rasma raisters, stepping back

Stepping back to childhood … The photo I held, seemed to take on life, it brought me back to my

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On My Rocking Horse

March 5, 2021March 29, 2021 Rasma Raisters 2518 Views 4 Comments child again, Childhood, memories, poems, rasma raisters, rocking horse

In my dreams, I once again sat upon, a rocking horse – like in days gone by. It rocked me

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From Crestline to The Lake Tahoe Basin

June 7, 2020June 8, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 1567 Views 6 Comments California, Childhood, Crestline, Hiking, Lake Tahoe, mountains

From Crestline to The Lake Tahoe Basin I. Crestline Born in coastal town his mother wanted mountains raised

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When Childhood Says Good-bye

June 3, 2019June 4, 2019 Rasma Raisters 1720 Views 8 Comments child again, Childhood, goodbye, poems, poetry

When childhood says goodbye … There are days, when I want to return, to the yesterdays, when Ferris wheels were

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The Dragon’s Gate

February 26, 2019February 27, 2019 John Hansen 1862 Views 11 Comments Childhood, dragons, dream and imagination, garden, grandma

The Dragon’s Gate She played by the rusty old rickety gate In the falling down wood picket fence, Whenever she

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Age Doesn’t Matter

February 10, 2019February 10, 2019 Rasma Raisters 3218 Views 8 Comments age, Childhood, doesn't matter, poems, still dancing, unstoppable

In this world. age doesn’t matter, we are only as old as we feel and if we wish we can

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The Cattail Gatherers at “Swan Lake” Nature Reserve (2019)

January 19, 2019January 19, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 1697 Views 1 Comment Cattails, Childhood, Gatherers, Nature Reserve, Nature's Need, Swan Lake

The Cattail Gatherers at “Swan Lake” Nature Reserve (2019) I. They walk with heavy bundles and rough bales so slow

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Our Father Spoke in Hieroglyph

October 3, 2018 Jamie Lee Hamann 2148 Views 2 Comments Childhood, Egyptians, father, Hieroglyph

1. Hieroglyph Incantations Our father spoke mysterious symbols. “I am not Egyptian but Suburban,” his collared shirt wrapped up like

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Images in My Mind

March 24, 2018 Rasma Raisters 1768 Views 7 Comments Childhood, friends, images, memories, poems, poetry, summertime

Images so many, flashing through my memory, rainbow colors – things that used to be. Looking through the images, now

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Life Leads Us On

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Rasma Raisters 1718 Views 8 Comments Childhood, colors, life, nature, poems, poetry

Life Leads Us On … Days drift on and on, always something pushing them along, life like an express train

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Taking the Kids Fishing at Verdi Pond On An Autumn Day

October 7, 2017 Jamie Lee Hamann 10846 Views 3 Comments autumn, Childhood, Fishing, ponds

I. Through four seasons we remember the fish we caught, the first to cast on Verdi Pond our line between

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The Cattail Gatherers

September 16, 2017 Jamie Lee Hamann 2434 Views 3 Comments Cattails, Childhood, ponds

1. Around where the pines reach up to mountain a couple children gather brown cattails, to gather them and string

Creative Writing Memoir

The Warmest Smile

July 12, 2017July 12, 2017 Rasma Raisters 2692 Views 8 Comments Childhood, dreams, grandmas, poems, poetry, warmest smile

A grandma’s smile – is like the brightest sun, always the warmest smile and so full of love. So

Creative Writing Memoir

Memories of Childhood Bliss

March 5, 2017March 5, 2017 Rasma Raisters 2891 Views 8 Comments bliss, Catskill Mountains, Childhood, memories

Childhood Bliss In this world of ours, often in the dark hours – thoughts run rampant through our minds. we

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Who Holds the Key…those memories

February 19, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1928 Views 2 Comments Childhood, fear, halcyon days, key, poem, safety

The key to a better life… Who holds the key, the finger off the trigger, a message that transforms, words

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Childhood Memories – Haiku

February 11, 2017February 11, 2017 Nithya Venkat 12926 Views 4 Comments Childhood, childhood memories, haiku poetry, memories, playing

Wonderful days playing with my friends … Childhood memories bring a smile on my face and fill my heart

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My Childhood Home

December 22, 2016 Tony DeLorger 3523 Views 9 Comments age, change, Childhood, home, memories, poem

I strolled the lanes, streets and byways of my childhood home, and like echoes of my past, I heard the

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Truth Took Shape From That of A Pear

June 30, 2016January 23, 2017 Jamie Lee Hamann 1602 Views 2 Comments Childhood, hunger, truth

Truth in its ever-changing form, to nourish a malnourished frame, took shape from that of a pear with tender

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Around This Bend In the Road

June 20, 2016June 22, 2016 Jamie Lee Hamann 1649 Views 3 Comments Bend, Childhood, Road, Wheels

of vision from road, an Elm tree shaking wind like me, with branched fingers pointing around this bend where lives