Father Family Poems

The Making of Cookies

The lost art of putting, 
flower, sugar, vanilla,
and cream together.
More than small cakes, 
a distance…
far past “home made”, 
to the sheer land...

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Before me laid an unknown pot of porridge
And the duty owed to family.
Do I honour my long hungry self
Failing to respect responsibility 
Or to my...

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Patricia’s father has a brother,
which makes him her uncle,
and she by law his niece.
All are very close and amiable.

Now her older brother Jim
has a son,...

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I THANK GOD EVERYDAY
NOT ONLY ONE DAY PER YEAR
TIME FOR FAMILY GATHERINGS
DINNER TIME AND BEING SINCERE
MY PRAYERS TO ALL THAT FAMILIES CAN HAVE PEACE
NOT BE...

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Why must you make her weep?
Why must you be a sloth?
Why must you be a disgrace?
Why must you be a poison?

You may have helped give...

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A shrimp pond ahead. Then a carpeted road.
By the roadside mango-jamun-sal 
and coconut trees in line

All these trees, a long time ago, our old grandpa...

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An anchor cut, but you’re not adrift. 
A root is severed; but see? You’re not felled.
The box closed, so you are the new keeper of...

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Together we were a family of seven
Mother, Father and us five
Our eldest sister was just eleven 
As  we buzzed about our hive!

Every Sunday was...

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The Fashion Zebra

I am a flake. 
That is the term for people that do not follow through. 
It may not be fair. I have spent...

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The New Preacher, 
“Hear My Words”

Are you listening. 
I am saying things very clearly. 
You need to keep trying. 
Are you talking to me?
Am I...

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The Garden at Grandma’s

The house is quiet, the chores are all done. 
We have gathered in the place out back. 
There is pit for a...

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Mirror Mirror

Do not lie. I know that you want to. 
I know that you may need to.  
I am broken, and soon…
You will be...

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Dark Times

Times we celebrate, to be who we are not. 
Bleak times, diseased remembrances. 
Why?
You know.
You know because deep inside…

You have hid under a blanket...

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A Wedding Day

Cleaning the church is a privilege. 
I go every Saturday, humbly to serve. 
It is not a boast, it is small gratitude paid,...

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Today is Enough

The morning came early. 
In fact I was up all night. 
I watched the coming and going…
of the stars.

God’s work ever at hand,...

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Rule Breaker

Risk taker, warrior maker…
Stand tall. 
He is with you. 
Do not fear, what they may say…
as they would say it any way, 
if you...

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Our  house is abuzz
With Me, Bella and Jess 
And Mummy is all delight
“Dad’s coming home tonight! “

The Cake has been made
The table has been...

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She’s a caged bird waiting to be set free 
to feel the breeze under her wings 
Don’t worry, she’ll be back
she knows you love her...

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This is hardly a poem
Is barely a rhyme
But I have to tell someone 
What I’m feeling inside

I never had a dad
Just a beast in his...

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The Florida of My Youth - My Generation
By Franklin Price
10/13/2019

Was born in mid November of nineteen forty five,
Was the last of seven siblings (only four...

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