POEMS: “Childhood’s Days” by Elizabeth Porter Gould

If knowledge gained in later years
May wholly cloud from sight
The glimpse which childhood’s eye hath caught
Of Heaven’s celestial light.

CHILDREN’S POEMS: “Thinking” by Trina Graves

What are you thinking, right now this minute,
Is it a good thought with you in it?
Or is it a thought that you are not good enough?
You can’t do something because it’s too tough.

HAIKU POEMS: “A kite” (“Una cometa”)

“A kite”   A kite in the air, Learning to fly… On the ground, a happy smile! Amira   “Una cometa”   Una cometa en el aire, Aprendiendo a volar… En el suelo, ¡una sonrisa feliz!                                                                 Amira  

POEMS: “The Best Way To Make Children Good” (Quote Oscar Wilde) poem by Trina Graves

We want our children to be good
Do as told, and as they should
We give rules and we instil
Our beliefs, their minds we fill
With all the ways that we know how
To live as best, in these times now

POEMS: “Letters from your newborn” by Trina Graves

Dear Mummy and Daddy,
No matter what happens between us, during my childhood I will love you unconditionally.

HAIKU POEMS: “Ice cream” (“Helado”)

“Ice cream”   Sweet creamy delicacy, Melts in the mouth, Cool memories of childhood… (Come to mind) Amira   “Helado”   Delicadeza cremosa, dulce, Se derrite en la boca, Frescos recuerdos de infancia… (Llegan a la mente)      Amira  

POEMS: “When You Look At Your Life The Greatest Happinesses Are Family Happinesses ” poem by Trina Graves

As you get older you more often reflect
The course of your life and you introspect
Remembering all the ups and some downs
The beautiful sights and wonderful sounds

POEMS (learning from children): “A child’s joy” by Patricia Walter

Were does the joy in a child come from,
so free and full at play?
The giggles, the smiles
the little squeals of joy

POEMS: “The Best Way To Make Children Good, Is To Make Them Happy” by Trina Graves

Making children do anything, Will not achieve your true goal, They are unique human beings
With their own guiding SoulMaking children do anything
Will not achieve your true goal, They are unique human beings, With their own guiding Soul

SUMMER POEMS: “Memory” by Anne Bronte

Sweet Memory! ever smile on me; Nature’s chief beauties spring from thee,
Oh, still thy tribute bring!
Still make the golden crocus shine
Among the flowers the most divine,
The glory of the spring.

BEAUTIFUL POEMS: “Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood” by William Wordsworth

THERE was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem , Apparell’d in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.

Inspirational excerpt about poetic memories: “Childhood and Poetry” by Pablo Neruda (“Infancia y poesía”)

One time, investigating in the backyard of our house …