Relationship Cousin Poems

You who had seen my next of kin
Dining and wining near a bin
And you forgot to raise a din
Or had minded your Gripping Gin… 

It...

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I am on top of the world said my cousin Sweet Bea
She was every bit as creative as I knew her to be.
I have tamed...

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I know a secret Neely told me, no lie.
Don’t tell me, I cautioned her. It could make you die.
She followed me around all that day...

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He is always right; has always been.
His ideas are sound, my cousin Glen.
He makes no apology for his confident ways.
I try not to spend time...

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My cousin and I are diverse in many ways,
We look nothing alike; she is tall, I am short.
She is young, I am old.
She is cute,...

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A loving cousin brother,
Nongmaithem Manihar Singh ,
maternal cousin 
decades not seen
after his death I went
to his house at Yairipok Bazar
to attend his Asti Sanchay.

That country...

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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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They come from the same bloodline whether or not we like or appreciate them. Chances are that they are a lot like us whether or...

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Some think Trump is their savior
others think he's a lust laden bum
a devil pushing pawns just for the fun
but strip the smoke from the mirror...

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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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After my cousin has visited for a day
My mum’s desperate for a holiday!

Mum pretends she’s gone out and tries to hide
But my auntie knows mum...

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Sara tiptoes across
The kitchen floor
To get some heat
She opens the oven door

Sheets in the window
Sara calls them curtains
Mind weary, Soul hurtin'
Sara

Sara lives by the train...

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I wrote a letter to Lisa
And sent it above.
It starts out "Dear Lisa"
and ends with "All my love"

I asked dear Lisa, are you happy
and where...

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What my Daddy Taught Me

We should never underestimate what our parents are teaching us, either by spoken words, body language, or modeling.  So often,...

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Once i lived with an uncle in a sleepy coastal town
who had a very beautiful house help from upcountry
now my male cousin Kiki desired to...

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