Family Life Poems

In the consuming time of day
the water of the no longer frozen pond
is again home to a family of ducks
floating quietly in the center, as...

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19 April 2019  5:54 pm
A short reminder of what is important

Who will miss you when your gone
Who will be glad that you've moved on

In...

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We called them the Prancing Family.
They pranced around their old Grandmother
Worrying about making her mad
How she could have been any madder, we never knew.

When grandma...

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I cradle my stomach, not to keep it safe but to keep me safe from it 
I can feel my womb swelling, smirking that it’s...

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My Colourful Uncle Nev, a Funny Flamboyant with flair
A warning ..only wear black 'here' if you dare
To the friends not present, you must beware
He will...

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lying in the stroller waiting for a push
then we go round the mulberry bush
saddling up the rocking horse
getting our jeans all dirty of course!
day one...

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You can never go back 
That's what they say 
But, you never listen 
And you go anyway 

When I pulled into town 
It was almost the same 
Everything looks smaller 
But, its you...

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Often in life we have to let everything go.
All attachments will dissipate one day,
only the heart and soul survive the blow
of other fingers, other eyes
making...

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I am on fire today, I tell her. Let’s do it today!
I am always inviting her to go places, but every day is not the...

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Amidst the moonlit night,
we sit hand in hand...
Your eyes give away your plight,
In a silent world, we stand...

Your charming face looks grim,
and why would it...

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IN THIS EPHEMERAL LIFE  

Be not apologetic if you spend your efforts being happy
There's not enough happiness or kindness in the world
Prepare for Life...

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I take roads far less traveled, exciting yes
Though lonely beyond compare, those miles upon miles
For where rest close friends, left behind loving and missed
As is...

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Family History
by Edmund Siejka

A sense of guilt
Made him search the hall closet
Until he found the old cardboard box.
 
Opening it
He stared 
At a handful of...

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From dust to dust our lives are thrust,
while flames the candle’s brief combust.
We leave the shelter of the bay,
unmindful night will follow day,
to launch our...

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The Alcoholic in Your Life

Might be the dirty man in the gutter,
Or your mate, so loaded he can only stutter.
She might be the loudmouth at...

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Family Line

We each stand in one long line.
Back to Adam all Mankind.

The line is precious to our hearts;
Though it consists of many parts.

Country, race, and...

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Strong as a mountain,
Mild, like the summer breezes;
Missed, like the rainbow!...

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Though A Destitute Alteh Kocker...

(albeit boyish), I tell myself with pride
always look on the bright toothless side
of life, this nonconformist tried
his darnedest with
threadbare trappings to...

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Of all the moments
that life has to offer,
none is shorter or more special
than those moments when people hug.

Some hugs are quite memorable,
Some are fast between...

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Coffee on the go.
Only nine dollars.
Plus tax, which brings it up to sixteen dollars.
Plus a tip for pouring it, so wave your twenty good-bye.
In the...

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