Best Family Values Poems

they try to push me in the door
a good deed done for a boar

new pants and new shirt
just on night what could it hurt

waiting outside...

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White marble stones
Stand proud in the sun
To remember my colleagues
The heroic fallen ones
 
Many a battle
Many a campaign
Some did return
For some never the same
 
On...

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Image of Grandparents Country Home from my family collection

The Two Drivers In My Life

In my younger years ...
I got to know the souls of my...

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The Christmas Spirit

All year long a lot of excitement,
surprising developments . . . 
up’s and down’s
fear, anxiety, conflicts, sadness
all over the world—
and given this ....

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White marble stones
Stand proud in the sun
To remember my colleagues
The heroic fallen ones
 
Many a battle
Many a campaign
Some did return
For some never the same
 
On...

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Rust on padlocked factory gates
from tears of broken men.
Time has stopped on the golden watch,
freeze framed memories of a better past.

Scattered faces breed sour looks
for...

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My generation witnessed riots in the streets, cold wars at home and hot wars abroad, and legalized racism.       ...

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In concrete jungles with hustling crowds and throngs, 
Or where a quiet countryside, meets golden rays of sun, 
The places we call home are, each...

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dialog with myself invariably involves others
we are all perceivers nobody escapes
no really and truly trust me on this
no manufacturing of childish evasions
maybe it is best...

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The Deacon’s Feet of Clay  

By Elton Camp

At the fundamentalist church, Larry is a deacon
As a truth-teller, he’s thought a shining beacon
“It is the...

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Grandma,

You are the wise one of the family. You are the
giver and doer, and true believer. You shape us,
as we grow. You are there for...

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They do dirty jobs without fuss
And bring to our culture a plus
We claim they're unfit
And upon them some spit
Yet illegals are better than us


Author's note:...

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Lord, I pray that you aid this part of town.

There are many who walk around with frowns,

And are quite gifted. I'm asking that you

In their...

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A raging bull
Trapped in a cell
Counting the years
To the end of his fears

Robben Island
Dealt us a thieving hand
That stole our Tata
And left us in tatters...

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This world we live in, is like a galaxy of its own
So big and ambiguous, I'm frequently alone.
Intrigue and mystery are things of the past
Thoughts...

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