Dad Family Poems

My belly's fat,
a lack of hair-
but kindly eyes...
I see you there!

(the beauty you see in me is a reflection of you)...

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The day you were born
went back to the hospital
where I was forewarned
a little bit into the night
your mother, I just told
to rest her sleepy head
as...

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[verse]
My crazy sister had roamed homeless for so long.
Once an intellectual, then her brain went wrong.
For hospitals to keep her, she had to be a...

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A poem for Lillie on her christening day

Spurs game rescheduled in an unkind way 
It's important and we’d love to watch them play 
 
Need...

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from your first born, when you grab a dusting of talc, crushed with late night feeds, stirring in bouncing and stories on a knee,

adding a...

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Easter as interpreted by one...

rebated, rebelled, rebirthed, rebooted, 
and rebuked courtesy 
one ill shod Unitarian atheist,
who means NOT to affect
any sacrilegious fallout
nor offend devoutly religious...

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May   2051

Damali was preparing for the big event
Beginning today "12:30 bright and
Early like my Dad said". Damali 
Was thinking. DJ was on video...

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TO MY GROWN CHILDREN

For my four children I've been working
Almost every day
There was never enough time to play with you
There were baseball games, dance recitals
That...

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The inklings of a perspective,
I had never even pondered,
That despite all the mistakes,
Not a single year was squandered,
I have held you to a standard,
That nobody...

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They carried on in secret,
pretending not to care,
then organised the wedding,
not one of the family were there,
mum cried in the kitchen,
the news was hard to...

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In halls of learning, wisdom's crown,
Stood a dad with love profound.
His days of guiding minds are done,
But memories bright, they'll still be spun.

With patience vast...

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ONLY JUST A DAD

Dad comes home with a sore back
It feels like every bone in his body has been attacked
Bringing home a little bit of...

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On Christmas day before he died,
I went home to visit my dad.
The house was full of family, 
our mood was quite somber and sad.

We drifted...

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Hey, little lost Lamb,
get with the program.

Which Ewe you belong,
there'd Ewe's graze beyond.

Be there just one Ewe,
one Ewe that you knew.

Why'd you look at me,
for...

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A family affair

A big hotel was built in our rather shy town
the hotel's façade faced the town's lake that
had many birds that visitors thought charming
the...

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