Grandfather Identity Poems

My name is Pérola, born among thorns beneath steely rocks
By the great Bay, where its sons harvest fish for the government mint against their sweat
The...

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Young Again***

The true story tells of a boy
Whose near-death experience
Took him on a tour of heaven.
The movie trailer shows the boy
Unable to recognize a photo...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Old fellow, so mellow;
Heads spinning
Don’t remember
This September (what)
Got an appointment
His divorcement been approved
He’s an old white haired dude!!!

some say he’s from I- O-WAY
Just across Ne-...

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been a long time
i wonder if i still have it
all the pens have been buried from my sight
however, i managed to find one this misty...

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God does time fly!

Psalms allm ssllaay yyai!

Doesn't it seem as if we have never been?

There was now another thing accepting us?

Like we were fluids?

Drunken fluids...

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Found me raised
     in the Antebellum South
     born an academically gifted
     whip smart,...

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Was it some kind of a subliminal perception?
Confusing my interpretations of a misconception.
Was it you that pulled an affectionate deception?
Forcing me into a fake deflection.
A...

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My parents were born in the USA as was I,
but about my heritage I have never been shy.
My grandfather came from a distant land,
one I've...

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When I was little I was told to be who I am
By my
Mother
Father
Pastor
Grandmother
Grandfather
And counselor
Who never told me what that really meant
I don't understand it until...

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Sometimes I don’t know which one of us is broken
And which one of us does the breaking
I’m still not sure exactly who I’ve become
Or if...

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My grandfather once told me that the death
of a poet was as saddening as a burning library;
how right he was!

Before, I thought poetry was just...

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