Son Cousin Poems

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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"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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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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THE OLD-FASHIONED DISCIPLINE
 (Shenendoah Valley, 1951)

One summer afternoon
when summer wheat was high
--most already taken in--
and clouds were like lost sheep
drifting over the mountains,
my uncle-- for...

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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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My name is Cousin Paulie,
Average bloke in an average job,
Father to a daughter who was killed by a virus,
while neutropenic from chemotherapy,
Son to an 89...

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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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Ere Cousin Freddie departed this Earth
The guys placed bets on what his chances were worth:
  The odds that his soul 
  Could avoid...

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POEM 20 THIS ONE LADY 



I DEARM OF THIS SWEET LOVING LADY COMING INTO MY LIFE. 

SHE WAS MY DESTINY TO BE MY WIFE. 

HOW...

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Mom would always tell me don’t be hasted all ways

Listen remember always to put the third on the end

Of your last name think to my...

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VISITING WITH THOSE DARN SHOES

accused of goodie two shoes
“why are you so darn honest,”
a wild cousin once quipped,
as she helped her son with
cable wires as...

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From Rusizi in Rwanda 
lies a historical site that is linked to the Musinga history, 
a palace next to the elegant tree (umuvumu) in the...

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You use your son as a weapon a selfish childish game,
not bothered by your actions no remorse, regret or shame. 

Not giving a **** about...

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I 
heard 
a 
voice 
calling 
me 
in 
my 
dreams 
softly

it 
was 
my 
mother 
speaking 
from 
her 
grave

my 
son 
(Abdullahi)
no 
heaven 
exist 
above 
the 
sky
 ...

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As I grow order around me I see.
The next generation of our family.
I love them all without any doubt.
But there's one that was special that...

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