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Summer Cousin Poems

These Summer Cousin poems are examples of Cousin poems about Summer. These are the best examples of Cousin Summer poems written by international poets.


Mirror Images
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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Categories: autumn, cousin, death, longing,



Rest In Paradise
Today a dearest of all princess of summer was taken up to heaven.
In a same manner as though of a bummer shaken up till no...

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Categories: addiction, cousin, death, death

Premium Member Aunt Rose's Kitchen
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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Categories: 3rd grade, childhood, cousin,

Premium Member Covid Family
I came sneaking around to see what I could see,                  I saw you long before you saw...

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Categories: cousin, death, fear, hurt,

The Old-Fashioned Discipline
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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Categories: anger, childhood, cousin, family,



Premium Member Grace
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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Categories: cousin, childhood, faith, family, food,

Premium Member If You Are Looking For a Cousin
If you are looking for a cousin
who likes playing with words
even though they overtake her 
and get the best of her some days
you might be...

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Categories: cousin, friendship,

Premium Member Cousins Camp At Grandmas House
We have Cousins Camp in Kansas City in the summer.
Any grandchildren who cannot come, says, “That’s a bummer!”

One year I let four of the bigs...

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Categories: cousin, 1st grade, 2nd grade,

Hill Rats
Wild children of the Hill,   
Grandpa coined us with a laugh....
a tribe of cousins,
of Polish descent.
We ruled that terrain, 
basking in the sublime...

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Categories: adventure, cousin,

Undivided Unity
We cousins looked forward to our summer holidays which were full of fun
Our barbaric guffaws were louder than the joys of any battle won
One was...

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Categories: cousin, food, fun, games,

Chaotic Summer
Every summer, like clockwork, they arrived
The wildest bunch of three kids alive!

My aunt, her bags,and the naughty offspring
Oh! the disruption and chaos they'd bring!

Wore down...

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Categories: childhood, cousin,

Family Grief Family Happiness
Have you ever written anything without sub combing to tears ?
        
    My Family portrait...

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Categories: cousin, addiction, autumn, beautiful, beauty,

Premium Member My Most Memorable Christmas Gift
It was many years ago that I sat there on the floor
With Aunt Allie and my cousins, we knew what was in store.
The clan was...

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Categories: cousin, childhood, christmas, love, christmas,

The Bee
How busy, busy is the life
Fat-arsed but Oh so humble Bumble Bee
He has no worries. What a simple life
Unhappy. How can he be?

He trundles round...

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Categories: animals, cousin,

Moral Tension: Part I
always prided herself on
what she believed to be the
“right way to live,”
standing up straight, abiding
by the rules, going to church,
paying her parking ticket on
time, doing...

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Categories: cousin, life, time, sound, sound,


Book: Shattered Sighs