Graduation Family Poems

I can almost smell the fresh paint. That isn't possible however. That scent was almost 19 years ago… Butter Yellow was the name on the...

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In a bustling market, her presence known,
A fish monger, with strength she had sown.
Her hands were weathered, calloused, and strong,
She labored all day, where she...

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To the boy who battled dragons
In the mists of yesteryear
Did you ever imagine
That you’d be standing here?

To the man who’s made of stardust
Our brightest son...

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Seems like only yesterday,
when I wore a white cap and gown.              ...

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Learning a heart beats makes life go fast
My heart beats twice as fast as you think
and half as fast as I remember


When the rainbow came...

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G=Graduation day I will wear my cap-gown for my dressing.               ...

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Families
awkward phone call
answers
family dinner, funeral, wedding, graduation...
strained, uneasy voice, barely recognizes name on list
Can you make it?
wanting acceptance, warmth...love?
black sheep, barely holding on to family...

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"Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces"
                ...

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There are few things in this world 
that this dad would truly treasure 
more than what my bright son has done, 
for he has brought...

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Daughter "2" Father
Hey, Dad, can I talk to you?
I understand the things you’ve been through 
But look at what I've been through
I survived and forgive...

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As I watched our daughter watch her son graduate from college yesterday…
as our three generations aligned
I wondered if she was thinking what I once did…
If...

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Arduous agonizing affliction
doth unrelentingly assail...
aghast to exhale lest...lose
desperate clinging clutch
held by bloodied cracked fingernail
phantasmagoric tendrils constrict

stoppering me to whisper or wail
yawning abyss menacingly beseeches
hmm...release could...

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Memories often come to mind
     through anything that we may find
perhaps, collected in a box
      ...

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As our time draws to a close,
Cherished times from my memory flows,
From p.e with Mrs. to religion class
"My, how the time did pass!"

For years I'd...

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June around the corner 
Kids getting ready for graduation 
But I on the other hand 
Getting ready to leave 
Without knowing it

It the two day...

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