Family Light Verse Poems

Baby squirrel was first born
On both sides of the family
Grandmas wanted to hold him constantly
A bit of a rivalry developed
Why didn’t you have twins? One...

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how much farther?
are we there yet?
novice caregiver heard giggling
probably the old hag at the end
spying on the family 
she should have retired years ago
no sense...

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Great Aunt Rosa knits and crochets,
but lately it's gotten carried away.
bigger and better she'll delightfully say,
while the rest of the family is left in dismay.

It's...

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May you get to spend time alone,
But never get to be lonesome.

May you never get so drunk,
You find yourself sitting on a shelf with an...

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How can the entire faerie family fit into this tiny house?
The questioners did not realize it went underground
Had two levels, and faeries do not take...

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Knock, knock, knock
seething at her core,
it's your older sister
emoting once more..
Knock, knock, knock, 
bar that door.
She's launching missiles
in hopes of a sibling war..
Knock, knock, knock.
You've...

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More lipstick! cheered Katie’s brother six-year-old Bard.
Get both cheeks! Get your mouth! How about your nose?
Three-year-old Katie is smearing lipstick on her lips and cheeks
Bard...

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Babydoll shoes
in a split second clocking
the first mile of womanhood 
for a relative too close for comfort 
proximity is close enough...

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it’s not laughter
unless your full set of teeth is showing
and milk squirts out of your nose
spontaneous, automatic, and contagious
unexpected and gleeful
my family does it well...

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When this life is over, whatever be my fate,
I have a few God questions I'd like answered at heaven's gate.
Why do some live long lives...

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She stands behind the glass,
Her towel in hand, so still,
Watching as the snowflakes fall
Like stars against the winter’s chill.

I watch her, where she pauses,
Still and...

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The reading skill of many men
it’s said, would improve significantly
in the “family reading room” when 
seated with the printed page. Daily
discharging may improve regularity
but only...

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My friend cracked my ribs with laughter,
When he told me a story about boarding school days.
He said to me that, he used to sit in...

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My frustratingly obstinate hubby 
Drives me crazy
Always loudly fixing the unfixable 
Without any success.
He kept on tinkering stubbornly 
Under the kitchen sink
Despite my fervent plea...

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One eye was green, the other one brown, with a mouth
that never knew a frown.
If her world was turned upside down,
she always knew she would...

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