Best Ava Poems

Close your eyes my darlin' girl,
day is done, time for dreams to unfurl.
   
Dream of pretty ponies p r a n c i n g by,
of fairies and princesses as well,
maybe even visit Tinkerbelle.
Dream of having wings to f  l  y
then...

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Sinking pearls of stone, in an obligatory skip
before the plunge
Haloing the horizon in silver riddles
and the earth is still.
No tides to bite the green watered breath.
No new moons eclipsed by the earth's turn to greatness.
And we laugh.
Laugh in salty brine and cosmos air.
Following the stone's...

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Dear Ava Rose and Cora

I’m so sorry my babies for making you cry.
Mommy didn’t want to leave without saying goodbye.
Sometimes important tasks are left undone.
But I will be up here watching you with God’s loving son.

I will be in your hearts as you continue to...

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Spring tea,I'm invited
you are too ,'cause she's decided
underneath the willow tree
served a little after three
  baby bear and kitty cat
sit  right where they've always sat
but now she's put us on the right
beside the zebra black and white
  they're already stuffed you see
from...

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Ava Elise

She came to us in the middle of the night,
I noticed the moonless sky had turned very bright.
Don’t ask why or ask me to explain,
I only know before, there was darkness and rain.

She seemed so radiant as I held her that day,
Looking at her...

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Cheeky cheeky bugalug 
Yes my heart strings you do tug
Deep inside your part of me
Nannas love you'll always see
Remember this as you grow
My love will shine and forever show
Poppy yes he loves you too
There's nothing wrong you'll ever do
In our eyes you are our world...

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I drive around a bi-cycle
a cycle bike psycho 
at night a light’s on
my-ma (ma) mountain bike
oh it’s a little delightful 
my seat on my cycle 
I ride all night on
my-ma (ma) mountain bike 

I’ll jump the curbs in acceleration,
and pedal push to my destination,
don’t pay...

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She greets me with morning eyes
and we laugh under white down
telling stories of all sorts:


Cats who wear backpacks
at night filled with treats
Lizards who step foot
into her messy room
and then turn on their tails
for a quick stepped retreat
Then we come up 
with the juice we could...

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Happy Birthday, Ava Grace,
I hope a smile adorns your face.
Today's the day to celebrate you,
All you are and all you do.

On this day you came to be,
A precious member of our family,
So tiny, you were like a doll,
But now you're ten and getting tall.

I hope...

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As the years passed by, father trusted my upbringing to a nurse while he nursed his wounds with drops of liquor. In the first six years of my existence, he never once spared me a thought, but sometimes he would sneak glances at me when...

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Hair like fine spun gold,
Not a curl in sight.
Eyes of azure blue,
that sparkle with delight.

A cute, turned up nose,
And a Mona Lisa smile.
Creative imagination, 
But not a speck of guile.

Graceful little gymnast,
She's as limber as can be.
Watching her perform,
She didn't get it from me.

She's a...

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Oh dear Miss Ava,
Miss Aging Vanity
Your faded universal beauty
is visually pleasing no more — 
	especially to your own self
You hate looking at that aging body 
The sagging truth stares you in the mirror each day:
	twin witnesses of wrinkled lips
curses a flabby contour of much personal...

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On a modern playground out by the Bayou
no see-saws, no merry-go-rounds to be seen-
Too dangerous, I'm guessing as we head to the swings
and I push her to the tops of the trees
I sing. And sing:
"Yellow Bird...
High Up In Banana Treeeeee"
( I never pretend to sing...

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Walk me through the corridors of life and beauty
The enchanted walls stained with nightly lust
Luscious halls gleam with fetish doorways
Lovers dance wickedly across an expanse of marble
Tear and burn melancholy's embrace
Kiss me and drain it from my lips
Ava
Do not let my blood flow cold
To not...

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I bought her some butterfly wings
all sparkly pink and ready to fly
but she hunkered down with her favorite book
with a hurricane twinkle in her pale blue eyes

I combed her golden hair to a shine
and pulled it all back in a bow
A few moments later she...

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