Coming Of Age Poems

I was a competent, happy housewife, but that was before my husband died,
Leaving me to rear myriad children solo, as the lone star twinkles with...

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Do I remember when...

Better breezes blew
Cleaner waters flowed
Teasing memory so... 

For I can hear them in quiet special times… can you?
Softly now, in your own...

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I watch the days roll by and my vision explodes in the sky, morning and noon is merging in one and my energy is spilling...

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A fanta see overrides reality!

Hello?
I like to get positioned for sixty nine. 

Are you looking for a scheming, 
schlepping, and schvitzing writer? 
natural body and...

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Last few years gone by
Time seems to fly.
Of late 
as is fate
I am seeing my due date
My expiration time is coming due
But I do not...

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It’s her and not the Waffle House
That bids me come that way
Not the food or awesome prices
But her smile that feels like pay
Her beauty has...

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i’m here, nor there, sometimes everywhere
a storm brewing

inside i’m darker
i’ve sailed these seas before

repetition becomes habit 
take me back to simpler times

an early childhood memory
just...

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Just saw a fancy new jalopy go by
At least that's what we used to call 'em
Guess the ad men would surely cringe
Jalopy wouldn't cut it...

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I can feel the light shining in my soul and my spirit is getting bold a new chapter is about to unfold and the grey...

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("Mrs. It Dances Through It", 2014, original pen and ink)

Turning Point - Coming of Age - Acceptance at Last

Finally at age 65 I reach a...

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I am the spirit,
That lives in the hearts of those,
Who still see value in keeping strong communities
Where good deeds are never spoken of,
As they are...

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In the quiet corners of my heart, a whisper softly cries, A longing deeper than the ocean's endless, rolling tides, The ache of not being...

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                   Mom
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There is a rhythm that is moving around the globe, and you have to catch on to it before you grow old, it is moving...

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Why are we fighting each other? We are here to unite, understand and learn. In the end, it won't matter who has what, it's here...

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