Family Elegy Poems

Telma
People call me the firstborn  
But in the warmth of this cold, I know it was you  
The world wasn’t too kind to...

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In Loving Memory of David Padilla Jr.

Taken by the unforeseen.
I share my birth month with
(K)Crystal. 
My Cousin must be
feeling phantom parameters and
missing links. 
Zoom.
Thumbing through...

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Poem for Dad

Of flesh and blood
that nature gives to our breath
must one day be given back
for life was lent by Earth's hand
and now it is...

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Quote By Poet: "Tears are rain from the eyes."

When the phone rings,
it is 1:30 AM.
A doctor saying,
your dad is gone.
How did I manage to say,
thanks...

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GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Of course, in the end, her end was inevitable
Reaching such an age, even in such as this age
A memorable funeral of Pomp...

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Didn't know it would hurt this much, 
I wasn't prepared for it. I loved your imperfections and the memories I 
didn't think I had, flown...

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Based upon an entry in the mid-19th Century autobiography of Presbyterian Theodore Clapp, who lived for several decades in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Of the many young...

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She told you she’s not the one for you
Unbothered, for you knew this to be true
So why must you treat her like this?
Spewing abuse from...

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I will try to 
hold onto the memories 
when you were most happy;
most vital, most alive. 

My heart will meet you there,
where the warmth of...

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Dear Griffin,
 I clearly remember the first time we met. Jim had brought you at all of
four months of age to my families summer reunion....

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A tribute to Marie,
Marie, you seemed to draw the short straw in life,
Again and again, 
Yet somehow you were able find a way to keep...

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Jose Mendoza, was a young migrant farmworker,
he was harvesting sweet potatoes on
Barnes Farming property in Spring Hope, 
North Carolina on September 5, 2023.
The temperature was...

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“Dreams Coercing Memory” 

You want cherries jubilee
with a little Krug champagne
but soft custard is just the same
when reality plays its game
by the spoonful
morphine comes 
to...

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“All that Matters” 

Heather left us today
lost poetry in music 

there she sits 
with Chopin 
at her piano
playing solitaire
for a short while
waiting 
to be collected...

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American sonnet

Today is sunny with a few decorative clouds drifting idly about the sky and the mood is of optimism
When it is overcast and dull...

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