Family Sonnet Poems

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love." Sophocles, Greek Poet 

How is the tender word love...

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“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. 
The word is love.”
Sophocles, Greek Poet

So, what is life without the gift of...

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Written: April 20, 2024
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Observing kindness can bring one such joy.
Kindness to his mom, by a little boy.
Moms on the couch, all tired and unhappy.
The child asks, “does mommy...

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I look upon my life and sing
a song of living hope and love.
Within my heart there is a zing
for heaven’s calling from above.

The softest cushions...

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O father, unappreciated,
For all the work you've done and made.
Though you go out each day, to earn,
Your family fails to see your worth.

You toil to...

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I’m literally on a sinking ship.
Terror I see, hear, and feel all around.
I thought this would be a really safe trip.
My thinking clearly was not...

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Dear Men on the Street,
Your thoughts are keenly felt,
For many men have turned away
From helping those who've knelt.

They spend their wealth on ladies fair,
And leave...

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Pretty things forever last in our memory, of these happy moments I’ll give you a summary

 A glare of love in my woman’s eyes, so...

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There's wood for chopping stacked up near the door
to fuel warm fires in the kitchen stove
which Papa proudly bought when I was four,
long time before...

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My childhood days are hard to forget, of some I have glimpses, but some are carved in my head

I remember my mothers sweet smell, I...

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I wish I will be home on Christmas Day,
To spend the season with my family;
I await grand reunions on our way,
Bonds in prayers, programs with...

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Every Christmas Eve, the carolers sing
of peace on Earth and goodwill towards Man.
Celebrating the news angels did bring,
we praise Jesus's birth as part of God's...

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(Soliloquy of a young passenger aboard the Titanic)

I know last night's storm. What? Oh, I forgot.
In the midst of fading sounds and shadows
I'd heard less,...

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Did you know that it is dinner, my dear?
You forever in your room thee door shut.
You needeth join us, lend a willing ear? 
Thee father...

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