Mother Daughter Family Poems

There is no match for the strawberry patch
When my girls and I go to pickin!
We look for the big, red luscious delights
And joyfully smile when...

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We used to go shopping you and I.
Sometimes remembering I start to cry.
Those happy times, the fun of the past,
I didn’t realize it wouldn’t last.
I...

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Tucked in a keepsake box,  
A lace linen napkin 
Holds in its gentle fold,  
A tiny stick.
 
I recall the moment 
My love...

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In a world unknown where time's river flows in a different arc.
My mother is without kin, no birthing marks.
No drugs seduction, no choices dire,
No shadows...

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We are all of us kings and queens
I don't mean in family genes
But: God loves us to smithereens
We're adopted to royal means
(Jesus is King, Mary...

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Attitude with latitude

originally written January 19th, 2019
and tension defines the dynamic

Valiant prince sip pulled effort
rebuffed, snubbed, thumbed
courtesy eldest daughter
uncontested vainglorious woke
mine genuine apology,
viz sincerely yours...

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Time may change me
But I can't trace time
-David Bowie

piercing morning winds threaten
to strip the trees of their
orange, golden and crimson gowns;
the resilient foliage
gripping tightly to...

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                     For My Mother and...

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Like Mother like Daughter 
 You will always hold a special place in my heart
There is an invisible bond we have that will  alway...

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The rain hit hard.

Pounding and banging on the windows
like fists of lament

Then the darkness came
A reminder to call loved ones

Being one of the lucky ones
my...

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Dolly woke first kissed Damian 
On his cheek. He was still asleep.
Today was July 27th  Dolly 
Thought, "Oh my Goodness."
"Today is me and Molly's...

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I remember…

The little girl words falling from my lips,
In whispers and whimpers, coloring
Light in misty feelings, flowing like the gentle
Music, rhythmic, pulsing – revealing
Where sincerity...

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Unspoken Words
April of 2008 


I know you would love to tell me
 all the things that you feel
But before you do, you got to decide
what...

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one cannot love one sided
love is dependent, vulnerable 
like the fragility of a child

my child

18 years gone
call you an adult?
not in my house

it was like...

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The fifth floor was decorated 
With fancy art work. Molly 
Rang the bell. After a few
Minutes an attractive older
Woman answered the door.
She threw the door...

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