Prayer 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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Mama and Granny
Herded children through the kitchen
Out the screen door, to the yard
Where we wouldn’t be underfoot

Cousins all brown from summer
Sun baking soft skin and...

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Sarah is sixteen and she is known
for slamming her curse words
and petite body into
empty bathroom stalls, and
eagerly, and always
telling me about her many boyfriends.
She throws...

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Lost in Grief

As is sit here waiting
I know not what to do
News of your health diminishing
I wish I was there for you

Family gathering
I'm so far...

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"Mi primo" means my cousin in Spanish.
He calls me his "primita"- little cousin.
This is the story of how mi primo
Taught me about the meaning of...

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Cancer... one of the only six-letter words that I cannot hear or talk about without the rush of memories flooding back to me, or a...

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Look at my Buddy Bear. 
Missing an eye, still has his grin,
he has his grandpa’s hair
with bare spots on his head and chin.
Bud heard my...

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RUNAWAY LOVERS

Sat Ba Barret restless in her room
Drinking death in dark and gloom
Tragedy seemed her last name
Despite the books that were her fame
Letters reached her...

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“Country Christmas Carol”      ---  dedicated to my family

 by  Miriam  McCue (creator of flamingo art, & poetry.so...

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CRISIS stands in front of MINDS door knocking.
Breaking and entering because SOLUTION isn’t answering.
Needing a confrontation- IT escalates itself until UNBEARABLE appears.
Metamorphosing into DISRUPTIVE on...

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