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Best Paternalistic Poems


Paternalistic Bond: From Childhood To Adulthood
In silted apron blossoms baby
Incubating heat fondles canopy
From leafy trellis sprouts progeny
With briny tears, warmth grows quickly

Acorn melded to fertile tree
Succoring streams flow freely
Ballasted perch shared dutifully
Fragile shell tendered stem's realty

Paternal arms clasp twig-end tightly
Structural beams foster stability
Nutrients funnel expanding the cavity
Well-rounded hull with shared...

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Categories: paternalistic, allegory, caregiving, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Where's Mother, Father God -
I
Jesus did not preach and teach with Mary
In the first Gospel He was rude to His family***
"Who is my mother ... brothers?" But you who obey
Critics, I agree, a paternalism comes in Christianity

II
 A second weakness, the prof in me will agree
Jesus, so giving, forgiving,...

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Categories: paternalistic, bible, brother, christian, family,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Reflection on the Important Things