Child Cousin Poems

"Morning time to rise and shine."
The two mothers started their
Own chant "MORNING TIME 
THE MOTHERS SAID 
CHILDREN GET OUT OF BED."
The kids protested throwing 
The...

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Just a simple dress with a matching bonnet
Yet there was nothing plain about the child
Sherrill had gorgeous fat curls and sky-blue eyes
Everyone remarked on them...

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We bereaved-
Loved our child since she was conceived. 
Doctors declare she was diseased. 
We sneezed and she was seized. 
It’s hard to breathe; I don’t...

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You were so well-loved.
Your mother truly believed
You were an angel
With the loveliest of eyes
And always a smile so wide.

For K.K.T.
(July 2004 to May 2022)

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"There was...

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My cousin Mike asked my dad, “can Bill stay”?
“It’s fine with me if your dad says okay.”
“If Bill will work to earn spending money
a couple...

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There are photos of our childhood
                   ...

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I love how you were my first friend
Right after I came into this world.
I love how you and I had fun
Until the end of our...

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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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A treasured photo of a moment past
In which my arms a newborn baby lies
The love I feel now I hold her at last
As I gaze...

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Remember when you were a child, jumping up and down with glee
to see your mean cousin who always pretended to like you for about ten...

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She was the cousin we feared
There were no consequences
She stayed with the grown ups
No one sent her away

All the other aunts and my own mother
Did...

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Aunt Windell liked to control  and direct

They immediately laugh

All toddlers under 4...

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You fly high little angel
spread your wings and fly high
fly high little angel
reach your hands to the sky
got all of us asking ourselves why
you had...

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If it were not for a song
Midnight train to Georgia
Little child runnin' wild
Fellows mellow hanging 
Holler holler!

Ketchup sandwiches
Home alone  
Aah Dem days 
Mommy's home!
Pity...

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What the Stars Told Abraham (How to see like God)

Beloved, we wish you are right in what you write -
We are sworn to the truth...

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