Mom Iambic Pentameter Poems

Back fifty-three long years ago, she left;
my Mom- at the young age of fifty-five.
Yet, she is always with me every day;
my heart and memories keep...

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I am so blessed to have great-grandchildren.
Four generations now upon our tree;
three girls- age four, one and a half, nine weeks.
How fortunate to have them...

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There is a time in life we might regret
in missing opportunities to learn
that which we thought somehow could be offset
since living current days was our...

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Just yesterday, a special day it was-
    fifteen September, twenty-twenty-one;
        like every year, my tears...

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"Live life to fullest, as it seems-
      but, leave unlocked your door of dreams."
      ...

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Heaven Must Be a Big Place

Almost Ten Years Since Sandyhook

There is something we must face;
Heaven must be a lovely big place;
Many faces can be found...

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There's nothing we can do, the doctor said!
     It was December, nineteen-seventy.
At once, those words exploded in my head
  ...

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“My Mother’s Love”

My mother, like a mother bear
Protects me with abundant care
In things she says I should not dare
Like whining that my life’s not fair

A...

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I summon Genie from Aladdin's lamp
Requesting he fulfill his wishes three -
I think of children (eyes becoming damp),
Wish 1: please Genie, end their poverty.

Then, contemplating...

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Rules: Use at least 10 candy names from those listed below.
(30 candy names used)


Tomorrow we'll explore our Galaxy,
not just by space ship, but with 'space...

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How much of fate is shaped for us at birth-
   how much is figured to be circumstance?
A story now I share with you...

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So many years ago, in my teen years,
   our mom received a gift, her newest 'toy',
      a Presto...

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I have her nineteen fifties' Trifari
     fine costume jewelry, which I hold dear,
since my sweet mom bequeathed it all to me;
...

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In Chibok once, I met a maid, three hundred was her name.
Brim-filled with hope and not afraid, her life like sheets was plain.
She had a...

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A conversation with my Mom-

"Good morning, daughter- came to you today,
     to celebrate your birthday and share time.
It's been a while...

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