Best My Daughter Poems

It starts with only one -
one like me
a melancholy migrant
from the immortal part of her
to the locus of her physical being --
the center of her emotional wisdom 

I gain heartfelt strength as I gather my forces
rising up en masse
riding cresting waves of woe
to breach the...

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Maria Elena

M-is for Motivated, that really is you.
A-is for Aliveness, all the year through.
R-is for religion,you are a lover of God"
   and shows in all that you do.
I-is for Integrity, that honest spark,
   that makes you,you.
A-is for the Alacrity'with which you...

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"My Daughter My Nation"



The climate of Georgia
is diverse, 
considering the nation’s
small size.

She walks with her head 
held high, 
ultra dignified
My daughter,
whom I love “Most".

I am her Black Sea,
her West Coast.
Familiar, yet -
uncharted territory
a foreign country drowned,
a mysterious
unconquered frontier.

Always close, 
my tides touch her shore,
then recede.
She...

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Busy getting ready to go to a meeting
I was looking through my closet for something to wear
My 20 year old daughter, Shereen, was in my bedroom
Showing me her new clothes
I marveled at her
What a body
What a beautiful woman
Her curves were to die for
Her thin waist...

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So… during basketball season… our manager, Anna,
             would sit by me on the bench.

After Christmas, 
I told her about Nana drawing with charcoals. 
I told her about how I wanted to buy her...

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I’ve never deeply experienced love and joy
Until; that stinkin’ cute baby girl with golden hair
Big round steel blue eyes and fairest skin
Took my breath away the instant I held her

The joy that fills me nothing can compare 
That magical moment became my favorite 
That parental...

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i
am so special
i
won't suck you dry
i 
need to be someone
I
have such anger
i
am a stranger
to myself, myself

I promise to me
to let myself be free
I WILL do better

I WILL forget
the things said
be better, no regret

I will be better 
than you
I already am
Damn......

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One can have money, riches and diamond rings.
Searching in stores for resplendent things~
But a loyal and loving daughter cannot be bought.
She's God's gift to me, that I
 never sought.

When friends and family leave,
She knows how fully I grieve!
A knock on the door I do not...

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(NOT) JUST ANOTHER PICTURE ON THE WALL 

You came into my life at a time I needed you most
I was so lonely in a strange land
I always dreamed of chasing the sunshine and butterflies 
But my world was now confined into a small space of...

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Well, You Kept me up until 4 again 
but i’d do it every day 
because when I brought you home 
I swore to keep the boogie man away 

I could do with the monster in your closet 
or the goblin hiding under your bed 
But...

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Walking My Daughter Down the Aisle

Wedding Day, Lake Tahoe, 2001

Walking my daughter down the aisle,
Oh how very painful that was for me.
For in all her resplendent bridal glory,
Only a lovely child I could see!

The sweet little girl jumping rope,
Or the days she played Mommy.
She was...

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To my darling daughter maybe one day you will see.
                    Just how very special and much you mean to me.

      ...

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A baby born, precious and sweet
a little girl, to make my life complete
and, you grow.

Into a toddler, on the run
with wiggles and giggles and lots of fun
and, you grow.

Into a child with eyes of blue,
golden hair, and attitude
and, you grow.

Into a young lady, beautiful to...

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I knew I loved you before I knew you were to be born, I made life long promises to you before I knew you were to be born. I just couldn’t imagine just how much I would love you at that time until the day...

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So beautiful they are in their hearts soul and mind
Sweet laughter and logic they will never leave behind

Each one as unique as a precious gem
Of a special love that only they can give

Their minds on an endless flight
Will always soar high and out of sight

As...

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