Long Homemaker Poems

I heard a man is coming to
speak at a local college soon,
some students had invited him,
to hear an outside point-of-view.
But then a loud majority
got up in arms over the talk,
said they opposed supremacy,
at the man’s...

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What Party Are You?

Huh?
Does it matter?
Who I voted for? 
I am alive, 
so it was legal. 
I have not been dead, 
for thirty years. 
Surely that is enough. 

If I tell you this or that,...

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In the beginning when the Godhead decided a new race to create,
He made Adam and Eve and gave them the ability to procreate. 
With God as Creator and Adam as father,
Eve was destined the nations...

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Yes, folks, it's happened again; the trash compactor backed up and spewed out 
all the following nonsense;
How come you only hear the term "scutch" in a hospital? "Come on scutch on 
over to the gurney.'...

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HOLDING BACK TEARS

Being a single mother is rarely appreciated,
when it is a very demanding, challenging, complex
responsibility to take on and carry on for years.
Who wants to be a single mother?  I chose to.

Couples marry...

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Preface

My name is Verlena Sexton.
I am in my forties.
I have three eccentrics – Oland. Emily, and Tony. 
My adult children are my knowledge base in the world of iniquity. 
I continue to face what I...

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ISSUES OF THE HEART

For Grace Mike.

Do you remember, Grace?
Do you remember our first kiss on the altar of love?
You wrapped me in your arms and wetted my lips 
with innocent sensational emotions.
The fragment of your...

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Good Examples Made My Life…

WHEN I WAS A CHILD…
Father made a living providing a nice life.
Mother, was homemaker, caregiver, and wife.
Throughout the years, I watched those two.
Trying to find a pleasant life’s view.
I went to...

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Angel you are and you will forever be
Your magical feathery touch
And mouth-watering dishes much
From our birth to your death 
Loved you we did, with all our heart
For you are our very breath

Love us you will...

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I crave the simple things, the littlest moments bring me most joy
Still, I hold the biggest of dreams and have amditedly developed a ploy

Flowers in a field and the laughter of a child
Things that make...

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THE GREATEST PERFORMANCE OF MY LIFE

Ahhh… I had performed so many characters in my life.
A mother, then a single mother with all its encumbrances
of being a breadwinner, a homemaker and sometimes
a substitute father, a grandmother...

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Who am I today:
an open book to everybody
reflects the values instilled
in my heart by my first mentor...

the man my older brother is now:
conscientious, concerned, caring father
as testified by his family and those around him
exemplifies the...

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Some Advantages of Being Female

By Elton Camp

Women have more choices in life
An exemption from so much strife
To be a homemaker is thought fine
But a househusband’s a ball of slime

She stays home when the kids are...

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Make up! Sound! Camera! Light! Action!
Today, all seems just an illusion.
She had a dream to become a Heroine
Like Sophia, Audrey, Liz and Marilyn!

If not Hollywood, it can be Bollywood or Tollywood
Dream came true, luck favoured,...

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DRAWN TO THE MOON

Hello up there!  I am always drawn to you and
every time I gaze at you, you are so mystifying.
A goddess looking down with a bemused smile.
Like a mysterious woman, bewitching, beguiling.

Your...

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I am a girl and I have no right to be me,
They keep details of who I am,
Of, who I should be
And how far I should go with my career,
I should never grow tall or...

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Where do you work, what is your career?
Well, I'm glad you asked, I have many titles it would appear.

I'm proud of these titles, non of which require a degree.
One of my favorite titles is mom...

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Fight hard 
as long as you're not too defensive
or worse, stronger than him
so we can't tell that he hit you
so we don't have to pick up your slack

Speak your mind
as long as your voice isn't...

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You use sex to live as a means to pay
Attention not to mention evade escape 
Any responsibility in bills mortgage or rent 
Pretending to love like you are heaven sent

You’re good at what you do...

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Tower 2 is hit
One badly misplaced airline jet
…In Texas
A homemaker calls her husband
Her painful voice holds disbelief
Honey…
Have you seen the misery?

Tower 1 was next
Chaos as always
Backwards
This one well placed stolen airline jet
…In Texas 
An old...

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I am Libra 
In every way, in every emotional sense 
I am the white picket fence 
That encases the complexity 
Which makes up all that is me 
I am me

I am the chameleon 
I am...

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You may have known her as fable or fiction
But she was as real as deep blue oceans
And glorious dawns of rising golden sun;

Not quite blessed with grace of humanity
Hurting miserably in wounded dark alleys--
One among...

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B Bloom Bootiful, Beautiful, Beatified, Blessed, Book Loving, Beis     Neeman
L Likeable, Ladylike, Laughing, Learned, Listener
I Inimitable, Inquisitive, Inquiring, Interested, Interesting
M Matronly, Mothering, Mentoring, Mature, Middos Good, Matters
A Amiable, Attractive, Artistic, Adventurous,...

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God be praised for our Pastor’s wife
Virtuous woman* exuded by her countenance
Paragon of spiritual lady’s blest fullness indeed
Fulfilling roles with feminine elegance
Graciously living according to Bible creed
Meeting her family's maternal need.

The Lord be thanked for...

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Maybe you shouldn't send the letter
Argued counsel in my head
But the moral compass pointed
Toward transparency instead

I have always walked the straight path
From the time I was a boy
To the noble and the righteous
Revelation brings but...

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