Avuncular Poems - Poems about Avuncular

... (Probably more a short story than free verse In any case it’s true, seen through my eyes as a child) He was a heavy smoker sat by the fire Coughing and wheezing hacking up phlegm spitting......

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...Spirit of Christmastide Beneath the mantel's alabaster gleam Where verdigris flames pirouette in cerulean ballet's beam... We gather close—a familial love— In hallowed halls where ......

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...In the middle of a Thai hot summer, we ventured into the high hills of North Thailand. We were medics, a small out-reach team serving the scattered rural villages of that remote area. Klauss, ......

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...Written: September 09, 2023 ______________________________________________________________ In a world where boons often fade, And kindness can be obnoxiously betrayed. There is a sp......

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...He had a way with words, An avuncular style, A throaty little laugh, A world embracing smile. He didn’t suffer fools gladly, He thought that I was thick But not too bad really for A Yorkshir......

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...Reprobate fictional schnorrer... Who never did a lick of work gifted lifelong entitlement, yet possessed webbed wide world reputation actually humble contemplative earthling jump/kick started......

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...Impossible mission to captcha infinitesimal moment alternately titled: tick tock runneth amuck seconds elapse imperceptibly leaving me dumbstruck, how quickly fleeting tempus fugit; ofttimes......

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...Lisa’s dad has a visitor from out of town - a “very important man.” He came early. He was dressed casually, in slacks, and a jacket over a mock-turtleneck. He was genial, behind tortoiseshell glasses......

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...As illness spread across the land, and our lives began to spiral, A Captain and his charitable plan was a tale that soon went viral. A centenarian walking laps, distracted us from Covid stats and......

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...Automobile blues fuels exhausting lament... Indicator light signaling door(s) ajar least significant issue concerning 2009 Hyundai Sonata car applauded craftsmanship darn exemplar, thus said v......

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...Professional spiritual developers are sometimes called clergy and not farmers or fishermen or organic gardeners. Professional nature-spirit Rescuers of Earth's outdoor-indoor healthy secular......

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...Godwin Adizue Ibeh (1937-2017) Mr. Godwin Adizue Ibeh Aged 79 years Was and is  My beloved, doting father “Is” because he remains Spiritually present  Present  In my mem......

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...Unquotable quotes: Tale-Carriers, Gossip-Mongers, Courrier-Pigeon Caretakers, Smoke-Signal Puffers and Tom-Tom Thumpers – XXVI Could there be such things as political shenanigans or inter-conti......

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...Wordless worries wander wearily working wayward, Towards thoughts transgressing truth’s textured tide. As always acknowledging agnosticism’s appeal, Essence easily evaporates, exeunt Emile. ......

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...Lonesomeness At the news agent’s a woman in her forties spoke to me, said she had lived in Algarve for two years, from Romania, used to be a doctor, but here she could only get a job as a clea......

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