Home List Poems

I am writing letters home,
And will enclose in each a poem.
Here is my selection
For my verse connection.

I think for Maybelline
My best Alexandrine,
Six syllables per line,
That...

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It’s all of three feet long, in order it is not,
And then there’s all the other stuff she’s probably forgot,
The first thing on the list,...

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Everything about you is perfect,
From your unruly hair,
To your cyan rhinestone eyes,
The way your smile curves,
And the reticent looks you serve.
How you say my name,
How...

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Born alone,
A lonely life,
Perhaps
Lonely at death
despite the family.
Cost of living is so high 
That you are loved
For what you can give
Not for what 
you might...

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After weighing myself and gaining five pounds
I knew the consequences were profound
I bowed my head and softly prayed
Please let these pounds melt away

I had made...

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Teacher’s job stressful?
Are you kidding?
What is stressful about:
Knowing three of your students have been thrown away by their parents?
A kindergarten followed a blood trail and...

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All is fair if you happen to be blonde
     Beauty is in the eye of the adjudicator
    ...

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I've never known a fixed address.  I love the home we've made for three years in our rental house so I'm sad that it's...

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Mum has been in a care home since dad died . I try to see her every day except when I’m unwell or on holiday....

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I have been through so much death these last few years. The worst was losing my “sweet boys” in a year and a half. My...

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My northern backyard is very private in my hometown of Bellingham, Washington state…well, I’m technically in the county, across the street from the city, but...

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I thought I would share some of my favorite items that I use frequently. They are materialistic and in all honestly most I could live...

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What makes my son special? Let me highlight his qualities…
since his milestones are  my accomplishment-trophies.  
He recently received his “Most Generous” and “Most...

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And now, with no further ado,
Here on the Antiques Road Show,
Ready for your delectation,
The Star Diva Hearts Collection!

I have new hearts and blue hearts,
True hearts...

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When I first met you and looked into your eyes
I couldn't deny the feeling I'd been here before
Like I was remembering you from long age

I...

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These walls are broken, 
termites eaten, the bricks crumbling 
clay, the remains of dust.
was this ever a house, ? 
Their first fire extinct, 
it was...

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The Bucket List

Imagine if you will, a scene unlike any other,
Sipping Espresso daybreak, foothills of snow that smother.
Pavement Café in Zermatt, first patron of the...

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Phew,what a sudden calamity
          I have mere sixteen minutes to save my dearest possessions
  ...

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You ask if my home caught on fire and I only have sixteen minutes to gather those things that I treasure; what seven things would...

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I promise to love you
I promise to kiss your knees when you fall
I promise to hang every picture you make 
I promise to come home...

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