Hope Family Poems

What will it take?
For me to be born again
With no hair, soft scalp
Developing fingers, umbilical cord wrapped around my neck

The ultrasound lied to me
Told me...

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My Mama never cleans the house; 
she lets the dirt pile high.
The cockroaches and other bugs 
are always crawling by.

The refrigerator is empty 
and the...

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There is a wall of ice between us. 
I see a frosty glimmer of you,
A semblance of the face of many years ago. 
It has...

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Lonely is not a nice place to be 
It’s not for you and not for me
Lonely though others cannot see
Other than it can sometimes be
Just...

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My super hero is not big nor tall
My super hero can not climb a wall
My super hero does not wear a cape
My super hero even...

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“Where do you come from?” is a query, that most of us have heard
And the answers that are given range from honest to absurd
“My mother”...

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I unconditionally love the eutony heard by
my soul when I hear certain words.
zing, zip, zeal, zest, zealot, zipper, and z,
are particular favorites, for several sing-songy...

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ARK OF SAFETY
BY VALERIE D. STATON

There was but one righteous man in the land.
Through him, a new nation, God chose to build.
Noah, the Prophet, and...

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Reporters swarmed, the rabid jackals,
around my house they made a big crowd,
even harassed my poor old mother
to the point she could barely go out.

I growled...

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I was born in far Morsania,
a small, backwater Eurasian state,
known to most folk in this wide world
for my grandfather’s prodigious hate.

My given name is Jocefeus,
but...

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What Life's Treasures And Sweet Gems Should Be

Life's gems should be,
more than anxiety, sad sorrows, cryptic words
Man existing should be,
more than blind, slavish-chained beasts in...

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Standing in this structure, that has long since, been demolished
Breathing lemon bleach, where the floor was freshly polished.
Taking photos in my mind, of this single,...

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Will Sonsly be there? Maybe
Mental note to self.
Leave checkbook at home.
Make excuses for all next week.

Will Jerillee be there?
Maybe.
Mental note to self.
Leave credit cards at...

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Laying my head back, eyes closing,
reminiscing, the years falling away into decades ago
to the 1950s at my grandparent's grand home
for Christmas.

It was a gracious dining...

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Deer Colette,

Thank u four the sweater. Eye did knot no it wood cost that much. It was hire than eye thought. Eye love it! U...

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It’s in our dreams

No role models for kids, parents telling them lies
Preaching to lead by example, but you only show your disguise

Families can’t stay together,...

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Was it all a dream
Because that’s how it seemed
Is this a place I belong
Or a transient stay, a line in a song.
Like fallen dew at...

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Christmas is here
The family is gathering for the holiday cheer
We should all be excited
Completely delighted
We are all invited
To the bowling alley again this year
For a...

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  A child is born
  a little life it's a miracle
  Death is nothing to fear
  but feels like
  autumn...

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The little voice begging for love and freedom from classroom is mine
I  am a child 
Who harbours unspoken words and wavered feelings in my...

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