Best Familytree Poems
The birds have flown up and gone
They have built their own nests
On the trees of the alien lands.
My tree is lonely and leafless.
We look at each other my tree and I
And hear the sounds of winds and trees.
There was a time when
We never heard other sounds,
Except that of our children
Now we hear our own footsteps.
We dine in complete silence
The food containers are full.
Oh, the joys of summer days,
The days for the birds to return,
With their own selves extended,
Feeling the house with laughs & cries.
We look at each other my tree and I.
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The poem was written while travelling from Detroit to Denver on 2-10-05 after passing happy
days with kids and grandkids.
FAMILYTREE
in circumstances
unknown
she left this world alone
neath
the fast flowing Ouse
judge not
nor accuse!
this lovely wife
of thirty-one
whose beauty
does transfix &stun
dying
in circumstance unknown
leaving Arthur
bereft alone
heartbroken distraught
he searched
in weather so bitter & cold
'til a final illness
took hold
a tragedy made manifold
orphan Lily
wept alone
just five
with no family home
the Great Warhad
had just begun
her tiny world undone!
in circumstance unknown
Frances left
this world alone
her legacy lingered h
to expand
in the fair looks
of
her daughters-grand!
Year Posted 2007