Autumn Cousin Poems

in the early light of day
i rise from shadows of dreams

two days ago a cousin i hadn’t seen
called to say my aunt had died

at the...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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I wonder if THC
and our Holy Cooperative Spirit
could be cousins
like Grandmother Moon
and Grandmother Tree.

Why do you want to wonder 
about something as curious as that,
dear?

Oh,...

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POEM 2 I LOVE YOU 



I LOVE YOU IN JUST THREE WORDS. 

I LOVE YOU IT IS NOT ENOUGH. 

I LOVE YOU FRO YOUR SMILE...

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Have you ever written anything without sub combing to tears ?
        
    My Family portrait...

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WHALING SHIP CAPTAIN"S LOVER      part 3

Now Jorgie met a new love
He begged to make her wife
First, they’d fetch her small...

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There’s a piece of sheetrock in my aunts house.
That’s newer than the rest of the pieces.
It hasn’t experienced the joyful times
The rest of the ceiling...

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Gloom used to be so familiar to me, 
A second cousin once removed, with similar eyes 
And my own tangled hair 
We used to have...

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She wrote a letter 
Which I happily read
In Spring
Summer baked on
Autumn arrived with a chill in the air
Winter followed with snow 
Then the call came
Aunt...

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Quietly filling
 deep cups of the red blossoms.
 The morning sunrise.

 The rock bowl is full.
 Filled by the rain for the birds
 and for...

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