Niece Family Poems

June twenty -first Nineteen eighty-nine
Your father proudly proclaims
This baby girl is mine

Life was never dull with you around
Hope, love and sadness
Could always be found

Family to...

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Wife and niece
both entered hospice
Sunday...

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It lay
 halfway down the hall,
 once the spare bedroom styled
where out of state family from  sprawled,
 for a while.

Grown now,
 two states away
...

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I will try to 
hold onto the memories 
when you were most happy;
most vital, most alive. 

My heart will meet you there,
where the warmth of...

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Bats and snakes, make no mistakes 
                  ...

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From tiny seeds
you sprouted; Tender
green shoots, so new

and impressionable.
Shoots that I serenaded 
and watered with love,

albeit only on occasion.
Then, you had bright petals
blooming from your...

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When my family went camping on the farm,
we were blown away by its rural charm.
Beautiful views of rolling hills and pastures green,
It was a sight...

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for Judy, who stole my heart before I could part with my fears

“Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister?”—Alice...

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She was never a girly girl
did not care about wearing her
mother’s high heel shoes,
or painting her nails.
Wasn’t interested in putting on lipstick,
or smearing makeup on...

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*Image of Until We Meet Again by MVid.

A Heavenly Christmas List

An endearing Christmas list too precious to reserve
as a blessed season occasions its heartfelt deserve;

My...

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I knew you—
When your hands cradled endless dreams
Not plastic boxes with silver screens
When your only bio was scribbled in crayons
Beneath drawings of skies pink or...

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My niece Schades while just now
on video call

Said something to me so very profound
way beyond her tender age and year's

Why is it we are always...

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As I sit here thinking of what I could have done
Many things have come to my mind
Should I have called her more often
Should I have...

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They sit in the corner by themselves
They sit and watch the day turn into Darkness
Their eyes glazed over in their head
There is a lifelessness within...

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Women in my family . . . 
who have inspired me in life;
from childhood I felt so loved.
My mom was all kindness;
now, in my...

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