Mother Daughter Family Poems

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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Simply put she is my baby
and my baby she always will be
I’ve known that from the moment
she grew inside of me

But life has a way...

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I stare at my baby’s perfect bald head,
Watching her chest rise and fall,
Her precious lips poised for her next feeding.
I wonder if this is my...

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Little sisters can be a pain in the butt
She always asks why
I always say leave me alone 
She always says no

Moms are confusing
Always wants to...

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Paper doll cries for mother
Cuts real deep for her lover
All he ever did was leave her
Paper doll holds meat cleaver

In gashes read "return to sender"
She...

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They say that time's a healer
And many things will mend
But we are running out of hours
To sort it in the end
There has been too many...

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Her words spit out as I
feign interest with a nod.  
Then silence,  
A forceful pause,
Her stern gaze pries.
Though I’ve learned to hate her...

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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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Everyday I have to prove to my mother 
that I'm not a mistake
I do it everyday
I apologise for being born
I make it up her

I apologise...

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When I grow up, will I still be princess?

Of course, says glowing daddy. 
 
A roll of the queen’s eyes.
...

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MOTHER - IAN MUNYWE
A queen upon my vision,
held in the highest regard.
A mentor with a big heart,
Keen always to help out.
taught me right from wrong,
moulded...

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Who am I? 
I’m a mother, daughter, wife, and friend,
I’m a workmate, although sometimes have to pretend
To be happy,  smile, have fun
At times I...

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Moving back home
To the place where I belong

I had a dream last night
I dreamt I hugged an angel

It felt so real to me
It felt like...

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Tea parties
Crumpets and lavender
Earl Grey in china
Swapping recipes
Smiles and pleasantries
Laughter and memories
Cards and bravado
Veneers and fronts
Lost in a haze
No notion of time
Just hovering in the...

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"Our Sacred Lady of the Divine Perfect Imperfections" - Part 1

Our Sacred Lady of the Divine Perfect Imperfections
is worthy of our fervent introspection
constantly, equatiously
for SHE...

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Between the clothes and sharp morning
all golden and shining and radiant
and the downy wrap of solemn evening
all starry and holding and softening
grows the tree of...

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Pretty young girl, in school and pregnant
Sixteen-year old mother, just a teen
Birthed a daughter and named her Edith
Had to give her up, it broke her...

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I have a light that guides my way, everyday. 
She is perfect, cuz I say. 
Through my darkest of days, her smile never fades. 
Filled...

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This is her tragedy
not mine
after all these years
they
a flutter with feeling
when feeling is due
after all these tears
I have emerged

the cold one...

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