After Their Deaths '21-'22After he died, I'm always drinking.
After she died, I'm always smoking.
Because what use is a life worth living
If I cannot numb the grief I am feeling.
After he died, I'm always wondering
What could've been if everything was improving.
After she died, I'm always being
A better person for those worth loving.
After he died, I was always crying
About how...
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Categories:
cousin, death, grandfather, grief,
Form: Quatrain
Happy Birthday,Cousin Yolanda 6/10/2025
Dearest Cousin Yolanda~
Ponderings on our days so very long ago,
When we were the stars of our parents’ lifelong show.
How proud they were to have us at their side!
We were precious and cared for, like angels with sweet smiles
I saw you blossom...
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Categories:
appreciation, birthday, childhood, cousin,
Form: Free verse
Baked Goods of my Cousin VeeBlue ribbon excellence she said with glee
Judging a cherry pie made just for me
Crust as sweet and flaky as it should be
I love the baked goods of my cousin Vee...
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Categories:
cousin, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
lime faerie and her cousin lucy lemonLithe lime faerie was a cousin to Lucy Lemon.
They were both young girls, only six or seven.
Flying in tandem, showing the garden their scents.
The were both lovely, most said heaven-sent....
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Categories:
cousin, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Describing his Cousin BumpA squab, a squid, a squishy stump
A troll, a gnome, a stick, a chump
How else to describe my cousin Bump?
You see, he also is a bit of a chump...
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Categories:
cousin, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
We Tried to Warn Cousin FlynnSome women control their men
We tried to warn our cousin Flynn
He was quickly taken in
By a widow named Lucy Kin
Lucy Kin was slick you see
Has ways as wily as can be
He fell under her spells easily
She was as nasty as could be
Flynn never goes out with the boys
Lucy has taken all of his toys
He is...
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Categories:
cousin, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Muddied Bloodied Memories
Categories:
cousin, dark, sunshine,
Form: Rhyme
The Great Divide
Categories:
cousin, death, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Another SoulAnother Soul just got his wings
Another Angel gloriously sings
From this land a soul flies free
Burdens are lifted, rise does he
To new adventures, no pain just Love
where he can watch from stars above
Time was up on this Earthly plane
but happy memories will always remain.
...
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Categories:
angel, cousin, death, funeral,
Form: Rhyme
Kiss from a SmileIt is quite an honor to have a person smile upon you when they know nothing of you. Somehow the spirit of the void and the heavens looks favorable upon thy crown and mineth. Why does it happen when we are at different stages in our lives. A smile is powerful as it becomes stronger...
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Categories:
allah, cousin, desire, friendship,
Form: Prose
My Cousin PaulHe is a lallapaloosa, a Jim-dandy
But crafty and wise, so he came in handy
He could do electrical work and carpentry
Worked all day, never slacked off at three
He’s a good boy, his mother said to all
Lanky, lean and loved, was my cousin Paul...
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Categories:
cousin, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
MY COUSIN THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMADBEING A CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCE WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BEING APART OF TAKING DOWN MELVIN MAYS AKA M O M M Y EL RULKIN LEADER TRADING WEAPONS FROM LYBIA TO BLOW UP CHICAGO TRANSIT SYSTEM AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN CHICAGO MY LIFE LIVING ISOLATED IF YOU WILL BEING EXPOSED BY JAMAICAN DEALERS COMMITING...
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Categories:
cousin, allah,
Form: Naat
our bibbling cousinHe bibbled and burped and barfed at meals
Might as well have been eating toasted eels
The rest of us said what a weirdo he was
Our loud eating cousin, Charles McDuzz...
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Categories:
cousin, food,
Form: Rhyme
I will be your wife mother cousin sister or whateverYou have this great idea.
Why not let me be your everything?
You will no longer be accountable or responsible
For your actions, words or deeds.
I will be your wife, mother, cousin, sister, whatever.
You can point to me when things go wrong.
I will be the scapegoat, the whipping boy.
You can meander through the valley of life unscathed
If you...
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Categories:
cousin, woman,
Form: Free verse
my friendless Cousin Bettythinks she is witty
sarcasm her daily fare
a nonfriend maker
cannot help her barbs
alienates all she meets
my cousin betty...
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Categories:
cousin, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Senryu
Specific Types of Cousin Poems
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