Mom List Poems

I WROTE THIS FOR MY DAUGHTER IN 1982..BACK THEN
THE THINGS I WROTE ABOUT WAS IN STYLE....

I'm to old for dolls and lots of toys
or frilly...

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* The following is a list of the poems that most define me as a person and a poet, though not necessarily my personal favorites,...

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1: My Waltz With Life - Facts about how my life grew from
childhood until 2015- written five years ago.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/my_waltz_with_life_661335 

2: Threnody For My Father -...

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Murmur. 
Bloodflow. Heartbeat. 
Gurgle. Whoosh. Burp. 
Ma. Mom. Momma. Dada. 
Hiccup. Thump. Hum. 
Mommy. Daddy. 
Pitch. Rhythm. Pattern. 
Music. 
Movement. 
Mother. Father. 
Scream. 
Stillness. 
Silence.

10.10.2017
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I Am

Me-Created by God

Woman–I give freely, I am not a tightwad.

Wife–But not to Todd.

Mother–I do not believe in sparing the rod.

Poet–I love to write even...

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a girl - a word picking storyteller, a writer of dripping emotions
a poet - of penning poems of sadness, of nature and of my life
a...

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1
I am in the park
Holding her hand
The parents staring horrified
Because they are

2 
Homophobic
The only choice 
Is being supportive or unsupportive
And please don't tell me

3
That you...

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The bamboo shades.
Fresh oranges just squeezed.
Neatly hung towels right in place,
Chrome on all appliances glistening.
Beige basket for mail.
That darling window that allows God's sunshine in.
The...

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Mom's photo album (in the attic, somewhere?)
Ah! Found it by an overdue book (from a library, somewhere?)
There's mom with a Mountie (in Canada, somewhere?)
Mom by...

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Polished shoes. Check.

Bathed. Check.

Brushed hair one hundred strokes. Check.

Used deodorant.  Check.

Re-did lipstick five times. Check.

Re-did eye make up twice. Check.

Changed clothes. Check.

Looked in the...

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Nostalgic Nights.
The smell of gas in the vintage moped I drove an hour to buy, 
Driving down that small-town street at night,
Lit by the dim...

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berries we have picked
are still warm from summer sun---

                ...

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My Soul To Take

“Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
And if I die before I wake
I pray the...

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Go kill yourself that is all I heard at school
But I can’t I have a family 
It would take all my sorrows and trials away...

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What I Accomplished

Today I made my way to school
I sat in back and played it cool.
I think of all I might have missed
and then I...

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