Daughter Heartbroken Poems

Sometimes, I don't recognize the face I see, 

Haunted by the echoes of who I used to be. 

Influences, reflections, blood ties that bind, 

Leave...

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After my injury on Macdill Airforce 
base in Tampa I was so shattered 
broken when I spoke with Senator 
Bob Graham he helped me stayed...

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For so many years I thought I was over you
But from the moment I heard your voice
I already knew
We caught up and reminisced on all...

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Stupid flowers,
Eaten by a stupid sheep.
It’s all so ignorant,
My efforts wasted away. 

Blind little lamb,
Eating flowers so absentmindedly,
Flowers like the ones I found on the...

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He guides her hand from just beyond
With a ready black ink pen they share this bond
The words flow effortlessly as if not her own
Seems to...

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You were born here,
Blue Ridge foothills,
spirits of Cherokee in 
Appalachia's olden heart and veins.
Scots-Irish influence of beloved
bluegrass,
moonshine of the drinking kind.

Your parents weren't the responsible
type,
as...

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Eleven hours you waited
To get you some meds
Now you are dying
In this hospital bed

You squeezed my finger tight
You twist and turn your head
You moaned in...

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Can blackwater lilies 
sing forth sonnets 
of daylight and 
unsung those 
cacophonous notes 
of omen, which 
rhymed with 
sombre elixir 
of spruce rivulets and 
veiled...

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For Teresa. Thinking of you and your family. Sending love and hugs. 

Lovely Mum, Jean
By Michelle Morris
09/06/2023

Lovely Mum, Jean
I miss you so very much
Your passing...

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The Wrong Leap 
The hardest lesson
Has been to get rid of the tension
That you’re no longer at my mention 

Well thank God, I got that...

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We ate our bread with many tears
Laden with guilt and many fears
Bread crumbs fell off all around
Our small dog licked them off the ground 

Our...

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MockingBird

  Mockingbird can't fly,
  Mockingbird can't sing,
  She's not allowed to do anything.
  Cold naked, all alone, 
  in dark...

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Weekends are supposed to be for relaxing,having fun and catching up on tasks from the week before.
Some people do the aforementioned things but for me,...

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What if I was to just give up,
I wouldn't be losing very much,
Not like I have any kids to help, 
Help my heart feel the...

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his daughter is smiling
this bedouin full of trust
but she is so beguiling
and bed her I must

"fair lady, enchantment I see
would you care to dance"
"kind sir,...

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