School Father Daughter Poems

Still wrestling with impasse to contentment

Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow 
slinking along outer limits of 
the edge of night...

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Attitude with latitude

originally written January 19th, 2019
and tension defines the dynamic

Valiant prince sip pulled effort
rebuffed, snubbed, thumbed
courtesy eldest daughter
uncontested vainglorious woke
mine genuine apology,
viz sincerely yours...

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                    12/7/2023

  No more am...

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A gem I taught in his school
And under him grabbed the rule:
An Igbo man from Okpo,
Whose enemies she shot “Kpoo!”

With him you don’t around fool:
He’d...

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Owakuhona-oru!
The name given to me by my father,
Meaning,"if at all I go through this!"
It was during the November famine,
Of the late 1999 that I was...

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Quiet Bird Songs

Daughter, come home. 
Your mom is calling you. 
She is singing the same song, 
as when you were little. 
She remembers, 
everything. 
She...

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She crawled into her father’s lap…her lips were quivering…
there were teardrops in her eyes.
“Some kids in school called me ugly.” She said…then she began to...

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To those that can stand the dark silent night 
Is a forever tease  of shining bright...

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I AM MY OWN FATHER
I NEVER KNEW OR UTTERED THE WORD FATHER MY ENTIRE LIFE
AT SCHOOL MEETINGS,HE WAS NO SHOW
I ONLY MET MY FATHER FOR...

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I used to be hard on my daughter he told me.
My girlfriend has pointed out I am soft now.
He has worked in an elementary school...

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the good days
i get home from school
the smell of garlic on the stove
the sweet scent of cobbler in the oven
the sound of the tv booming
an...

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Day or night working so hard
When we were out you were waiting in the yard
Your face full with a smile when you see us
When we...

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They Gave the Verdict Today.
They Gave Us 27 Million, but that Can Never Bring You Back.
I Will Never Hear Your Voice, See Your Smile, or...

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Free as a mockingbird singing

No kids in sight and unmarried

Had one husband, but now none

Colleges broaden my horizon

Learning about the world

Heartache and heartbreak

Lost in the...

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I want to explain how I feel about you,
The thoughts in my head, how my heart feels too

Your mom and I joined and you were...

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