Niece Family Poems

Hip hip hurray it’s our Christmas soiree
with Georgia and Mark and Hugh and Ray
This is the only time we meet
to kiss and hug and meet...

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it’s abysmal down the way
these days
 
but the only path

is through
 
they say
 

an intruder in the midst
 
blowing his cold still drip 
 
into...

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How To Listen

Always wanted to talk to you mom and dad,
I never knew what to say.
I tried to listen to your advice,
But couldn't pay attention...

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My driveway is packed with the cars
of friends and family,
chips put out, and the little ones
are running joyously.

A cooler filled up with bag ice
keeps cold...

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Twenty two years had passed  by

She blinked, and a lifetime had passed

She started this job as a lark

She never thought it would last

Two husbands...

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In the 40's I was black, not even shiny.
And so were my mother, father, and cousins.
In the 60's I came out in all kinds of...

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You took from me my tattered wing

Taught me how to be heard when I sing

Showed me how to breath alone

Without you I feel no hope

Tell...

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We are staying in a cabin in the woods
So much we have to explore
We have the forest that surrounds us
and the lake below us

We have...

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Keepsake from my dear kindhearted uncle
Abroad he travelled, absent for so long
Leading a fun life, loving his stories
Extravagant and eccentric he was
Idealistic, impulsive, that too
Daydreamer...

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Dancing with my niece
Is a very strange feat
When we put "Annie" on
She pulls me to my feet

All I see is my world
Going around in circles
For...

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I was spending time
with my 2 1/2 year old niece one day
She said something
I thought she would never say
She just came out and said
"You Fat"

My...

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My sister and niece
Visited for a few days
The last day with us
Was a fun day

We started the day off
With me and my Dad
Mowing our big
Front...

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She frowned at him, still dressed in his skins,
then cast her gaze upon sweet Nell.
“Why do you bring a savage with you?
Long, lost, little brother,...

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Laura Lee and Irma
By Franklin Price
9/15/2017

It's three A.M,. and early morn
I awoke to write this down
Barbara and Laura sleeping;
My wife, and niece from out of...

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As we are very close
As we would do anything for each other
As your always at my house
As your my only brother
The hardest thing that I...

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My niece is my source of joy
She has been since
she was born
Alayna always brings
a smile to my face
Sometimes just by the
funny things she says
I always...

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I have a lot of memories
That I will keep with me
From this family trip
To a Georgia State Park

It was the first family trip
That I ever...

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I have lived 38 precious years
I started writing poetry
when I was in high school
Back in the year 1993

I have had a good life
with some rough...

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For my niece with autism. 


Her intrigue melts in silence
as she gazes up at me
a big surprise
behind those eyes
that only she can see.


She leads me...

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Crackling mischief waxes every new moon; Moon, the plaited devil 
three harvests blue, summits the everest shelf to scrape out crunchy
goodness, and scurries away, with...

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