Mother Family Poems

the cock hasn’t crowed...
shuffling feet wake me up
...bright light of bonding

gift from my sister —
pink feathers and felt roses
of fascinator

great-grandma’s teacups
eclectic and elegant —
her spirit’s...

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They closed my mother's casket
to be buried next to Dad today.

The crowd  that came to honor her
began to walk away.

Nothing left but tiny breeze...

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A CELEBRATION OF LIFE

The loss of your Mother:
a feeling of no other,
sadness and sorrow,  
tears of grief continue into tomorrow.

Your Mother,
whose pain has ceased,...

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I no longer want to do this
I am breaking a big promise
That was made by a scared kid
I wouldn't do what others did
With the neglect...

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My Mother’s Song

She would sing to me the times that I cried,
She would hold me til my eyes were dry.
Simple words meant to soothe and...

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Its five in the morning, nervous, I give mom a call,
there is no time to waste, she says, "get on the ball".
In a hospital room,...

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One of a kind angels on Earth would wrap us in their wings
The kind of heavenly love only a mother could bring
Perseveres through the seasons...

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It’s finally Mother’s Day today!
The wind is blowing and the sun is shining…the breeze is all ablur…
It’s close to the middle of May
My mom’s not...

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My mother is a mobile miracle,
her voice is the vibrant vehicle
that propels me to the pinnacle
of a sweet and super spectacle.

My mother is a world...

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"Brother from Another Mother, but the same Father!"
Russell Coleman jokes with me in Church (His Bride)
This weekend, we honor every mother, dear brother:
You once made...

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Mothers love us near and far
Yes indeed they set the bar so high
They nurse us up strong so we see why
She teaches us that we...

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God bless the struggling mother,
Her fierce love is like no other,
When her babies cry,
She silently sighs.

For she knows,
That is the way it goes,
She will do...

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The room was dank and dreary
The past hung in the air
There was a scent of mildew
A smell of history was there
The paint was old and...

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Summer love, a man, a woman, conception, a new born 
Ring the bells, amplify megaphones, bugle the cow horn
 
The ceremony begins, baptism, cries, holy...

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Waves pushed a torrent of power and might.
Against the tiny creature seemingly lost in the night.
With only the moon to navigate her path,
Little seahorse galloped—
	Giddy...

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 The rocking chair 
With grandmas loving care
The one that's so old I do declare
My how the generations just slip through the air
As each new...

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Daughter crime
hooking up with Father time
Both got incestuous, crooked desires in mind
Two thieves in a thug hug, 
secrecy intertwine conspiracy vine bind 
Mother brood 
raising...

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I know you think i'm a horrible person 
From what you have been taught
Your mind and time wasted 
without a second thought

I realize that years...

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Rudolph Sperry was a ranch-owner’s son,
and rode hard for his Circle-S brand,
helping punchers herd cattle 'cross the plains,
in Nebraska’s western Sand Hill lands,
he wasn’t that...

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Dragon


Dragon is my future cat.  I haven’t got her yet.
She is an idea, a hope and a dream,
But that which is written has now...

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