Memory Cousin Poems

Some hearts will go on, 
Braving the storms, the pain,
Even though you’re gone,
You’re there in ways I can’t explain.

Some of those who believe,
Will speak of...

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Cousin I miss you and we had a great ball
One thing I can say is that we enjoyed it all
I'm sorry that I couldn't bare...

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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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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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Dearest Cousin Madelyn,


Let’s sit in the rowboat, near the dawn’s verdant shore.
Where a squirrel sits under the Oak, that we once...so adored!


We can discuss music,...

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In the tone of shadows 
a sorrow felt 
thoughts take flight 
tomorrow is in past sight

destructions dark flower 
bloom into flame marks 
the hour out...

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Too many thoughts were assaulting me,
Paralyzing my mind, body, spirit, and soul.
They overwhelmed me with the anxious demands of now.

As I wrap myself in a...

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Being just four ,that loud knock on the frosted, front glass door!
The fierce ringing of the handbell meant only one thing!
That Santa was here with...

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A Winter Night’s Dream

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Come on, grab your coat and
ice skates!
The moon is out and our friends are
at the lake.
The trees icy sparkle from the moonlight...

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Skating in the Clouds


She ice skates, now in the clouds.
Her figure eights wow, all the heavenly crowds.

She is amazed as the crowd continues to grow.
New,...

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In Memory of My Cousin “Harold Andrew Warfield Jr.”

Precious Memories
I got some disturbing news, just the other day,
A calm voice whispered, “Little Harold has passed...

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Riding tricycles and swimming.
Bicycling madly on Chicago streets.
Ah, dear Lord, life was deliciously sweet!

Christmas time glowed in Elmwood Park.
That huge white flocked tree.
We all are...

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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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Tribute To My Cousin 
She is the best, and resides in the Midwest.
A top, American, she.
Loves her country, her God and her shining, perfect family.
Married...

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