Difficult Family Poems

I know I promised
 no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another 
‘Wipe your eye poem’

 And for three years 
I tried...

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I found it so difficult to write a poem
about my biological mother             ...

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“So tell me…what’s adopting like? Seems a little risky - picking out your children from the local lost and found! 
Suppose the kid’s a ‘loser.’...

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Despite how much a man adores his folks before they pass...there sometimes is... among the other folks that man survives...
The sort who - without needing...

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The strongest den,  most beautiful place,  unbreakable bond s and each others strength. 
Beautiful memories wrapped and treasured. 
Yes,  family is the...

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Life is probably a simulation, but i should still learn how to divide decimals.

My moms an algebra teacher, said she'd help me with my work.

I...

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The moon beams most bright because of you
The stars will always shine because of you
The ones you love are here today because of you
The friends...

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Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers II



All Things Galore
by Michael R. Burch

for my grandfathers George Edwin Hurt Sr. and Paul Ray Burch, Sr.

Grandfather,
now in your gray...

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Having left the company
of surprisingly easy difficulties,
I had dismayed at the fools,
eased through the shallows
and been thoughtfully left behind.
Having done with the fools
and the shallows
and...

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By hook and crook 
I passed two days of lockdown. 
On 3rd day i made up my mind 
Not to take task at home in...

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First day of lockdown 
I was enjoying everything 
Had a healthy breakfast after that 
Watched tv ,played on line chess 
Had a good nap to...

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I'm rereading Marshall Rosenberg's chapter on Anger,
The big challenge for nonviolent communicators.

Marshall, a StraightWhiteMale psychotherapist,
repeatedly refers to feeling disappointment
escalating into Loser-shamed anger
sometimes further escalating into...

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I am writing this poem for you today
Can’t believe you have really gone away
You were a beautiful person with a kind soul
It’s so difficult to...

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A rickety old chair sits in a corner of our house…it’s a chair no one can fit in.
Which begs the question why hold onto a...

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The female calendar

The night cosmos opens the earth to moisture,
germination of the moonlight rejoice.
Tenderizing the ground to reach the underwater sight,
mist of luminous Moon light...

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