Long Father knows best Poems

My TransITion began there
right there
in my woodland playground,
when I first knew
something right feels wrong to others.

I was blind to curve-balls
hurled at me.
Being "It" is not why I grow
this TransIt mind and body!

Or, is it?

Could I...

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It was there
right there
on woodland's playground
when I first knew
something stirs very wrong.

I was blind to balls
hurled at me,
being It is not why I grow my mind and body,
or is it?

I am "It!"
or at least half...

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Like a Potter, God has a plan and a purpose for us.                       ...

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The Parable of The Talents speaks to whomever we might be.                        ...

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(Written in response to the poem “Black and White.”)


Over age 40? Here’s some truth from the new generation.


Don’t get me wrong,
I love those old shows.
Classics for long 
All that and more. 
But if I may...

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Taking her home one day, my daughter said to me, "Until then".                       ...

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So God created to say let there be and it was so or were so now again spoken again words he took one of  man ribs from the body man while he slept So...

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DEEP sleep.  

Look down on your hammer. 
You had it for a short time but your fingers are still thick
Your larynx not as dumb as you’d like it to be
Your tongue is dry and...

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Huddled under the Northern Michigan
Umbrellas
Popped open
With cherry bows of pink blossoms

Is our little family cabin

Not so much
Made of brown brick and mortar
Glued pounded and squared together
In the 1950s

But placed on a slab of summer sun
Face...

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My father is a very good memory in my mind,
He was very handsome and tall.

Always very kind and understanding,
He mentored our love of God and the church.

Educated my brother Tom and I to become teachers,
My...

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sitting of the sofa with my pancake pizza
the snow has freshly fallen
the atmosphere is peaceful
i cut on the tv to watch reach the beach
the honey butter drop biscuits are ready
the chocolate milk is perfectly cold
i...

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Faces, names, storied rememberances we have heard, 
 Odysseus, Alexander, so many Caesars, Kings of the Middle Ages.
 More than these heroes, we remember the heroes of our family.

 Wars, battles, contested strife,
 Peloponnesus and...

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What I’d give to wake in the morning and hear those church bells ring
To turn on my old black and white and hear Gene Autry sing
Turn back the time to simpler days with Roy and...

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I was turning ten and learning the tricks
The year was 1956
I remember that my mother cried
The day that Tommy Dorsey died
I still believed in Santa Claus
James Dean was a Rebel without a cause
Green Door was...

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17 March 2010

Father And Son
 
--Mirrored Refrain—
--xaBA xbAB xaBA xbAB xaBA xbAB—
--Father and Son—

Fare thee well, to humbly exist and live for my son
If he feels blue, I’ll be his clown
Everything will be fine and...

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We are the generation,
born between 1946-1964,
grew up watching shows
like Howdy Doody and
Captain Kangaroo,
Leave it to Beaver,
Hazel, Father Knows Best
and Gidget,
too many to mention but
I'm sure there  all there
on the internet,
grew up listening to rock...

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No wonder I’m so stressed, 
no rest for my weary soul,
when it’s all about my plans,
when I have to be the one in control.

I’m the puppet master, 
intent on controlling my own strings,
blind to my...

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From the day of our birth we are engineered,
‘do this, do that’ dictated by peers.
Father knows best, mother does too,
get a job, conform, it’s the treadmill for you! 

Pass the exams, move up the ladder,
pass...

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Beautiful town, away from the pace
Countryside gorgeous, 
With enough azure water for everyone

People know each other’s problems, secrets, and sins.
They give thousands of chances, uplifting and praying.
It is the kind of place they could have...

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I don't remember my father
Ever saying "I love you"

I don't remember my father
Ever holding me or
Showing me any affection.

My father was not 'Father Knows Best'
My father was not ' Andy Griffith'
My father was not 'Make...

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Daddy was my hero.
My very own superman.
He was my judge, my jury, and my biggest fan.
My dad was an amazing man.
He was my son's papa and his very best friend.
Two peas in a pod from...

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Night is dark, but He is light;
Humanity wrong, but He is right;
God’s a spirit invisible;


It’s gonna be alright, it’s gonna be alright
The Savior going to keep us in His sight
I’s gonna be alright, gonna be...

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I’ve had many families in this life
of origin school navy and here too
I admit the best ones came with a wife
we all know life at times can be a zoo

I’m no Robert Young from Father...

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