Sister Cousin Poems

In childhood days of laughter and play,
Side by side, we'd dance and sway.
Siblings bound by love so true,
Together in all that we'd pursue.

Through schoolyard antics...

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Date:  March 2041

The weather was agreeable all
Seemed well in the Damian house
Hold early morning. The kids were
Heading out to school. Dolly and 
Molly were...

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Being archeological students, we figured camping out would be great.
I told my cousin, it’s a long ride to Chaco Canyon, let’s not be late.
He knew...

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Dapper Yan was born in Sudan 
in the back seat of a van 
his mother's name was Ann  
His father's name was dapper dan...

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Yours was the caring face
Staring back at me,
Someone to look up to ...
When you didn't have to be 

Always brave, always strong
And so inspiring to...

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Growing UP

Grandpa was a good man. 
I loved him my whole life. 
However, there is a question 
in my mind... ??? 

When I was very...

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Amit was sat in the water and her little sister was watching
She came to him and asked “what are you doing brother?”
Amit was amazed because...

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The elephant was schmanzy and fancy.
We liked her so well, we named her Nancy.
She liked to eat pancakes floating in jam.
Raspberry and strawberry with a...

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I came sneaking around to see what I could see,                  I saw you long before you saw...

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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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Cousin Jerry was not crazy about being Santa Claus
Because he thought the kids would learn that he could not read.
At fifty-five, he was embarrassed about...

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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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Hey little girl!
The day you were born, all of us knew that you were no ordinary.
You had this divine fire in you that let the...

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Laying my head back, eyes closing,
reminiscing, the years falling away into decades ago
to the 1950s at my grandparents' grand home
for Christmas.

It was a gracious dining...

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