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BEFORE THEY COLD SING-BEFORE THEY COULD FLY
Most of my morning walks begin in silence…it’s just me and thoughts I turn into words.
but for a week, now, when I reach a particular tree I’m greeted by the song of a mockingbird.
Her song,...
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Categories:
children, parents,
Form: Rhyme
momz - or what r u going to doI’m enjoying spending time with my mom - we have an intimacy braided like rope. I forgot how funny she is. At the same time, we’ve been softcore arguing for days.
She wants me to accomplish...
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Categories:
anxiety, humor, mom, parents,
Form: Free verse
Mama's Excuses Do Son no FavorMama
Excuse
Smooth talker
Jurisdiction
Bamboozles school
Now he’s eighteen
Consequence
Jail
Time
...
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Categories:
mother son, parents,
Form: Ninette
Broken promisesPromise me your hands will reach out
Resilient attachment starts in childhood
When the brain has colic outside the womb
A mother’s unconditional love soothes worries
When a birthday missed slices the cord
Like two neurons missing a connection
Like a...
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Categories:
parents, addiction, father, mother, mother
Form: Free verse
Surviving co-dependenceI’m done with co-dependence or so I say
I’ve burnt so many effigies for others
I’m the giver in my codependency
The taker burns all my oxygen
She used to grant just a puff to breathe
Her flame used...
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Categories:
parents, divorce, father, love, mother,
Form: Free verse
Heart and BrainMy father’s death was from his heart,
My mother’s from her brain
And so I wonder which, for me,
Might just be on the wane.
Of course, there is no guarantee
That I will follow suit,
For in the future, we...
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Categories:
me, parents,
Form: Rhyme
Bob the BuilderYou apologize over and over,
Yet do it again cold shoulder.
In church every Sunday saying you’re a “righteous” man,
But at home you’re the devil’s right hand man.
It’s crazy how your so smart and calculated with...
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Categories:
parents, addiction, anger, childhood, dark,
Form: Narrative
NightingaleThe beckoning call of the Nightingale
Like the whistle of wind in a sail
Arrives on a spring days tail
And nestles like a cotton ball
Inside a trees hidden cloud
The hatchlings are so loud
Bumblebees covered in a...
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Categories:
parents, bird, father, flying, happy,
Form: Sonnet
Fukuda Chiyo-ni haiku translations 2Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku
Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo.
CHIYO-NI POEMS ABOUT WOMEN AND DESIRE
How alarming:
her scarlet fingernails
tending the white chrysanthemums!
—Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation...
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Categories:
parents, desire, flower, mother son,
Form: Haiku
Bound By Desire
In the depths of desire, I surrender to you,
My body, my soul, in everything I do.
Your dominance, a flame that ignites,
In the dance of pleasure, we reach new heights.
Submissive wife, to your every command,
In the...
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Categories:
parents, dark, desire, hurt, husband,
Form: Rhyme
ParentsOur parents take us just so far
And then we find our way,
No longer captive to the rules
They taught us to obey.
So where we live or what we eat
Or wear or do for fun
Must be decided...
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Categories:
parents,
Form: Rhyme
Aging Parents, surreal dreamsIn the attic of your heart, they dwell,
Like forgotten relics in a spell,
Their whispers soft, a distant stream,
In the labyrinth of your surreal dream.
Within this dream, your parents...
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Categories:
parents,
Form: Rhyme
To my Parents
My parents, thank you for everything
Thank you for my life, I love you, I am yours
Thank you for your help, concern, and love
Thank you for the schools, everything
Everything, my heart, and love always yours
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Categories:
parents,
Form: Rhyme
Gift
Cousins gather neath the table,
Gives us space to hear what we're able.
Tablecloth hangs down,
No...
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Categories:
parents, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
WhispersYou might say, “I long to chase this path,
As far as it can go, to witness, feel and join,
The adventures of the wanderers.
I want to mimic them, and do as they do.
To...
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Categories:
encouraging, freedom, gothic, parents,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Parents Poems
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abusive, anniversary, bereaved, beautiful, child, daughter, death, divorce, divorced, heaven, losing, love, missing you, reunited, son, thank you, wedding,
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