Walter James Carter
Walter, James, and Carter
Little boys
Son,
Brother,
Son
One by one, my heart undone.
One is one (and a quarter) years tall,
Chocolate wisps that softly fall.
Forest hazel, bold and sly,
Wildfire laughter in his eye.
Two is two (well, almost there),
Golden curls of sunlit hair.
Eyes like ice, so pure, so true,
They freeze my heart and smile it blue.
Three is three (and a
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Categories:
family love, baby, children, family, love,
Form: I do not know?
Family
When winds are rough,
And tear at hopes and dreams
When days are dark, and nights are tough,
And over-long, it seems
When bitter clouds collect above,
And ache and break and pour
We'll batten down the hatches,
Just like we did before.
You see, to me - we're made to last;
To wait, contented, warm;
To stand and know the past has passed.
For
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Categories:
family love, encouraging, faith, family, hope,
Form: Free verse
Peace of mind
PEACE OF MIND
left hurt and wounded by my own actions,
yeah you started it but i didnt have to go there,
i shouldve just minded my business,
ignored the situation,
but i didnt,
i couldnt bite my tongue,
i couldn’t refute the anger you sent me in shockwaves,
words that i shouldve said but i didnt,
words that i shouldnt of said
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Categories:
family love, age, allusion, anger, care,
Form: Free verse
Those We Love
Those we love don't go away,
They walk beside us everyday;
Though our journey turns bleak and gray,
Their guiding light remains to stay.
Their counsel heals our wounded heart,
Letting pain finally depart;
As opposed to falling apart,
Our world finds a different start.
Loved ones don't always cause comfort,
They also fetch challenge and hurt;
They push us to grow amid dirt,
Telling us
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Categories:
family love, family, love, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
My Translator
“Mom, they called my name I won.”
“Mijo, estoy tan orgullosa de ti, qué bendición.”
Her voice lifts when I tell her.
Like music in a language they don’t teach in school.
At the store, at school, at the doctor’s front desk
I become her mouth. I become her ears.
They
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Categories:
family love, appreciation, blessing, family, language,
Form: Free verse
Family Love Family Scars
is it ethical
if he says he hates his family?
they did him wrong but then the world will say-
"god help this child possessed by the spirit
he's the one in the wrong".
he tries to find a reason to love them,
because he is in debt for raising the man he is now
but then again, they reminds him-
his existence
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Categories:
family love, family,
Form: Free verse
stranger
then one day,
a stranger will walk into your life.
before you know it, rambling conversation
will turn into late night laughs
that turns into meeting families
that turns into creating a family.
only little you knew,
how much this person would mean to you
and,
while you’ve known them such a short time
you feel like you’ve loved them a lifetime
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Categories:
family love, 11th grade, family, love,
Form: Free verse
Life's Whim
Written on May 31, 2025
By Gail DeBole
We were just two people who met
and live vows with utmost respect.
The world would keep going
If our lives didn’t align.
But lucky for us
That the universe was kind.
Yes, we met and keep going.
“Til Death Do Us Part.”
Living a life not always easy,
But so full of heart.
Our history is ours that
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Categories:
family love, inspirational love, love, marriage,
Form: Rhyme
A Beast
A Beast
Only once you took my innocence away
your perverseness the mind to sway
I fled the house and climbed a tree
The fear that gripped me I’ll never be free
When you went back to your drink
My sanity pushed to the very brink
Fear and anxiety crushing my soul
My mother I searched for me to console
Tears streaming but no
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Categories:
family love, anxiety, childhood, family, love,
Form: Rhyme
My blanket of comfort
My mother~
the reason my heart begins to beat,
my guardian angel,
my warm blanket of comfort.
In her care, my dreams take root and bloom.
She is my guiding light in every storm.
She is the song most suited to my dance,
the well of love, of kindness, care.
The only star in my ocean’s sky,
the reason I sparkle like sunlit gems,
the
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Categories:
family love, appreciation, family, love, mom,
Form: Free verse
MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS
Traveling through these thoughts of mine.
Thinking of all the things I’ve left behind.
Wondering what may come in future time.
Hoping for the pain to subside.
As were put through to take the test.
Doing only what we think is best.
Trying to be better than all the rest.
Finding comfort within our nest.
Yet in our struggles, we bring ourselves pain.
Trying
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Categories:
family love, family, love,
Form: Rhyme
Share Bond That Last
Take care of your loved ones
Bear in mind that all difficulties
Are just temporary and manageable
The most precious thing is the family
This is where your business will start
This is where feminity and masculinity develop
This is where your health is being monitored
Unite everything because of love and desire
This is where every dispute is being resolved
This is
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Categories:
family love, family, love, passion, relationship,
Form: Prose
Slipping through my hand
A million precious memories
Each A grain of sand
I try, I fight, I hold on tight
But it's slipping through my hand
For every laugh and smile
And every shout or tear
I try, I fight, I hold on tight
But I cannot hold it here
A flawed yet perfect jigsaw
Of nights that turn to day
I
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Categories:
family love, child, family, love hurts,
Form: Rhyme
Messy Boys
Jibber jabber, pitter patter;
another one is screaming, now what's the matter?
Little feet, stinky feet,
how many rocks did you just eat?
Sticky hands, runny nose;
did you just pick your nose with your toes?
Booger picking, booger eating;
do we need to have another prayer meeting?
Messy house, stained up clothes;
with these three boys, anything goes.
Terrible two's and attitude;
where'd they
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Categories:
family love, baseball, child, family, love,
Form: Rhyme
Home
i want to return to my home,
my paradise my home away from home,
my HOME,
defining home the place we feel most comfortable, loved, and protected,
my home is my family,
i feel distant and lost far away from home,
i feel deserted and abandoned,
i feel dark, disoriented, and too reserved,
i want to be known , discovered, and mingled
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Categories:
family love, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
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