My Grown Up Poems by Lynn Barany "I don't like you," My baby said to me It hurt my feelings very much Even though she was only three. "Why don't you like me" I asked with a question mark, I don't like you cause ... I can't stay up til dark. "I don't like you" My little girl did say, Why don't you like me? "You won't let me play". "I don't like you" My young lady said to me, I want to go to the party My friends are fun you see. They all wear leather jackets, And hang out on the street I want to be just like them I want to be really neat. "I don't like you" You're not even cool, All my other friends Are allowed to quit school. "I don't like you" My gentle woman said, You won't let me marry I might as well be dead. "Mother I Love You" My grown up said to me, How come I am so happy So loved, and feel so free ...

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Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poets home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)