Mom Couplet Poems

                   I carried so many wounds since...

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Polly Pleasance was seven years old, like the decade soon is going;
She had so many pretty dollies, like deep purple pansies, showing.

Polly took care of...

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 WOMB WORDS

Womb ! Mother of All, what sayeth you 
knowing activation before birth
births through girths, a Q ?
 
~ ‘I see rainmakers smoking pipes
drink...

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Stella Williams was eight years old, living with her widowed mother-
Happily, though a bit lonely, like powder blue skies, sans sunset color.

The Williams lived in...

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She asked her daughter to explain fully
How she became the target of a female bully

“The bully said I have an odd, long face
The kids cried,...

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   My son confessed
     His room’s a mess

   My daughter, amused
     Her ~...

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My mom remembers visiting his grave for a half an hour
Bringing some fresh dahlias from Trader Joe's (his favorite flower)





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Mom kept sharing her wisdom since before I was sixth
Ignited lovingly in her heart with fervor caring depth.

She said, “If you always pray or talk...

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     As a father I’ve failed
       I should have been jailed
    ...

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The worst nadir in my young years
that brings me still to shed sad tears;
while I was pregnant- months to wait-
September, nineteen fifty-eight.

My new friend's child...

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Mom! Dad! Mom! Dad! The young girl was inconsolable that night.
I know I saw a faerie zooming around my room; can I turn on the...

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Orange gave little Dickens a thumbs up at the table.
Hey! Did you see that? Dickens asked his sister Mable.
Mable refused to look up from her...

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Cigarettes and babble from my mom and her friend, 
Four years old, in someone's backyard, bored to no end,  

When I spot a wonder...

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,,write before someone else does", people say.
,,They'll learn *first*, get popped ideas *first*, get attention *first*, know to choose the right order of words *first*...

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I bring you flowers, homemade meals, meds, herbal tea
I hope Our Lady of Grace will smile on thee :-)...

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