Son To Father Poems

"Show me your marks, my dear.", he asked his son,
Having not even passed his subjects one.
"Dad, I got zero in math
Following your trodden path",
The son...

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Promise 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...

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Repaper the walls of the loo
Bob got messy, covered in glue
Such sagas to be had
So Bob rang up his dad
But Dad’s busy lambing a ewe

His...

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* death is a process of many stages, and dementia can be one of the ugliest … Dad taught me many lessons in life, and...

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  I learned to love the river
    waves lapping ‘neath our boat
  Glint of sun set the scene a-sparkle
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Setting: A parlor with money hanging on a wall hosts an engagement on legal tender
Characters: 
T: Teen, (spoiled boy) in puke shorts and bigoted shirt,...

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I went for my early morning run,
just me and my young son.
It was to be a lot of fun,
then home for a hot cross bun.
We...

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DON'T CRY ANY TEARS AROUND ME

Don't cry no tears around me
As I passed away and now I'm finally free
You won't see me anymore
But this soul...

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One, two, buckle my shoe, a lesson to be learned; 
Three, four, and so many more - times the world has turned. 

Cross the laces,...

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The world has indeed been forgetting me
Forgetting me cruelly 
As waste that neither grow nor breathe

It is a fermentation of anger and despair 
As Despairing...

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(Lights dim, single spotlight illuminates the speaker, dressed in simple attire. Voice starts trembling, building in intensity)

Can forgiveness mend, a childhood, 
fractured in the dark?...

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WHERE'S THE MEN

Where's the men that once lived here
few men remain of yesteryear,
Beautiful masculinity, 
Artfully carved of dignity

The command and gruff within his voice,
The rough...

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Love how can I describe you?
Poets endlessly found a piece of you

I’m one of a million blind mice 
You are a colossal elephant
I feel you...

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The day you were born
went back to the hospital
where I was forewarned
a little bit into the night
your mother, I just told
to rest her sleepy head
as...

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