Brother Family Poems

I miss visits from my children
Who now have families of their own
Photos of kids on the internet
Precious moments now shared by phone

I miss my mom...

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"Brother from Another Mother, but the same Father!"
Russell Coleman jokes with me in Church (His Bride)
This weekend, we honor every mother, dear brother:
You once made...

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One of our wildest, most memorable family sagas
involved my reckless brother, a racecar, a warm
spring day, and a non-adventurer, me. I warned, “Pop
said stay home...

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The room was dank and dreary
The past hung in the air
There was a scent of mildew
A smell of history was there
The paint was old and...

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The time had come, we were agreed
To discontinue paying rents.
We'd make our plans and then proceed
To buy or build a residence.

i said an older house...

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I know you think i'm a horrible person 
From what you have been taught
Your mind and time wasted 
without a second thought

I realize that years...

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Dragon


Dragon is my future cat.  I haven’t got her yet.
She is an idea, a hope and a dream,
But that which is written has now...

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Ho ho ho I love the snow
How it flows only God knows
This is the holiday season 
With so many spending without reason
This is why I always...

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I was young
But old enough to know better
We were rounded up
Determined to weed out the culprit

I sat quietly and poker faced
Holding my breath and dying...

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The faerie princess was admired for her wit, her ingenuity, her tenacity and she was held in awe and esteem for her prowess in believing...

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My Two Angels

I sit here today and think, 
Wondering where I would be. 
If you two wasn't here, 
If y'all didn't even no me, 
Would...

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I am child number 8 out of 10 children 7 brothers and 2 sisters, and yes from the same Mrs. and Mr.
   ...

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She stopped smiling as soon as she picked up the subtle slow opening of the front door.  Jake, her grown up three-year-old stopped playing....

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EASTER 2018: A SPACE ODDITY

Two thousand eighteen a space oddity of sorts.
We’ve beamed back to my home, dear Scotty.
Dynamic duo of entertaining sisters on cruise,...

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SPASIBA
Spasiba,
spasiba.
Kwa mwenyezi,
bila kipimo nakuenzi.
Spasiba,
spasiba.
Kwa mama ulileta duniani,
na kunilea.
Spasiba,
spasiba.
Kwa marafiki wa kikweli,
sio wahuni.
Spasiba,
spasiba.
Kwa wahusika wote wenye nia njema,
sio wenye sumu kwenye sindano.
Spasiba,
spasiba.
Kwa maadui washirikina na wenye...

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Talking to my brother is always a treat, neither of us is ever up in the air.
Our politics are practically identical, our strong feelings so...

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I was small, five maybe six,

all the other kids were playing in the streets,

my baby brother in his swing.

I was running out to play some...

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O' I see them so vividly
Beautiful and strong, and such a BIG part of me
So, so deep they run....... them ol' roots
Whenever I lose my...

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How time has flown, vaporized, thrust us to the twilight of our life
Looking back we’ve pursued divergent paths and viewpoints
Years of toiling accrued debilitating arthritis...

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You are my brother – I am your son,
Given and of the gene as one.

Time, distances endless are we,
Spirit, mind, body, all three.

Brothers yet to...

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