Family Secrets
...Eavesdropping**
"A good man is hard to find," my Nana used to say. I remember the day she said it, tears in her eyes as she carefully put money into an envelope for church on a Sunday morning. Ear...
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Categories:
beckley, betrayal, cry, endurance,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Remembering my Grandparents
...A good man is hard to find, just as my Nana always said. That day, I witnessed tears in her eyes as she firmly stuffed the monthly tithe into the envelope and headed to church that Sunday morning. Ea...
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Categories:
beckley, angst, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Narrative
Eavedropping
...Eavesdropping
A virtuous individual is difficult to find, remarked my grandmother. On that day, I witnessed tears in her eyes as she anxiously placed the monthly tithe in an envelope and departed f...
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Categories:
beckley, anger, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Blank verse
Eavesdropping
...Eavesdropping
A good man is hard to find
Said my Nana,
That was the day I saw tears in her eyes
As she nervously stuff the monthly tithe in the envelope
And headed to church that Sunday mornin...
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Categories:
beckley, dedication,
Form: Free verse