Sonnet Parents Poems

A sonnet by this arrant bard, an other,
     whose sole half-brother, a real piece of work,
and single parent (mother like no...

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Smiling at strangers, or saying hello
passing the time, on my walks down the street
with mixed responses, from those you don’t know
some stare at their phones...

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eternal infancy
enjoyed all his life
indulgent parents
a grown up baby
knowing no strife
odd predicament...

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The 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...

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There's nothing more precious than a child's love
because their hearts implicitly trust you.
Their love's as pure as the Angels above,
and I, for one, believe that...

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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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Abandonment, like murder, grows as a grave crime today,
A sin of commission, against persons and animals;
Aren't children who desert their old parents and run away,
As...

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Now When I Go Visit, Tears Fall, It Makes Me Sad

He rode the high plains to hell's dead weathered edge
Across the highest mountain on a...

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Now Gone, I So Wish I Could Sing A Song

Why did he smile only by few inches
His face contorted and it was askew
By the garden...

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None rankle me like a parent so blind,
  he or she that see what they choose to see.
O readers, I beg of that rudest...

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Written By:  D. Collins 12/3/21


Brain cells are the cause of the stuff we're in.
Where obvious individuals don't get treatment.
The true instigators are now on...

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No one can deny
Love exists everywhere
Without which survival is rare
Some reveal through words
Others by offering gifts
Soldiers sacrifice life for nation
Very few dedicate for soul satisfaction
Some...

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A wayward lad, Jed's fate to be
Spots trouble with cold-blooded eye
For right from wrong he does not see
It's funny you should ask me why...

Jed's parents...

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My Dad and Mom’s love… wondrously precious
Virtuous midst legacy’s prevalence
The best of human’s care, indeed gracious
Expressing sublime kind heart’s excellence.

Mom’s warm, sweet caress --- verily...

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My memories provide a time machine -
I shut my eyes, through time I quickly fly.
I'm taken back to when I was thirteen
to navigate the maze...

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