Long Sibs Poems

Summer 1967
                           None of us ready for heaven
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My big friend has locked me
Inside of his house
I do not believe 
I will ever get out

I don’t really mind
It’s comfy and warm
And except for that dog
I never face harm

In the earliest days
of my feline...

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I was born the eighth among nine siblings .One sister Gladyss Darlene ,seven years older ,died after five days from a condition she would have probably survived had she been born in the hospital.I have...

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Each afternoon my mom and I would walk
          Two miles along the old lake road to meet
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Elle laissa tomber une de ses pantoufles de verre, que le prince ramassa bien soigneusement. (Perrault’s tale)

SOUL SLIPPER

magnificent her slipper —
slender, arched, flawless,
resplendent of soul (embodied

the right) a drift of gentle snow
fell as the midnight...

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Revival meetin's are nearly passe' in this day and age,
But when I was a kid they were then all the rage!
Mom made us kids attend whether we wanted to or not.
I must admit they provided...

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ruckus on my porch 
perked my ears 
last night
at the wicked hour I
flicked on the light
to hear
thumping and
chairs rattling
but in my window--
--no body
wayfaring thief
or wandering troll
must be hiding 
crouching down
I know
more scared than smart 
I...

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A set of siblings was in an effervesce
Of blossoms and bubbles.

This world to each was a bundle of joy.
They laugh and played like two girls should.

Somewhat different, as each became older, they would be captivated...

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When siblings reminisce, it's strange
Which memories they share.
Though certain details match,
Exact comparisons are rare.

Two of us can almost taste
That soggy toaster bacon;
Yet the third one's positive
That we must be mistaken.

Other memories bubble up;
We reach into...

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I used to like you so much
In fact you were my favorite
I really looked forward with such
Eagerness each time we’d meet..

We were so cool and so close
And that is an understatement
I treated you like my...

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What if! I were a girl…
Born of noble parents,
Owning jewels’ palaces in town
Willow-wood’s cottages in countryside;
Long-eared tall dogs--chained in yard, beggars –waiting in queues on doors;
Feasts served to the hungry strangers,
Wine and coffee offered to...

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Mother dearest,
May thou never fret
Over me, thy first born 
Who is furthest from thee yet

Be cautious
Ne’er undo what worries 
But, accrue those drops of love
For, of the oldest never were they meant

Save thy heart
Hold back...

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I’ve never had a Christmas tree
Nor stockings filled with treats.
I’ve never gone to midnight mass
Nor hoped for Santa-meets.

I’ve never woken Christmas morn
With presents to unwrap
And no one in my household
Ever wore a stocking cap.

I’ve never...

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When I was a kid, in the family car
We all knew where to sit;
If the order ever wavered,
Someone’d likely have a fit.

But today I heard of something new
Which tells me things have changed;
If someone hollers,...

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an Arabian sonnet

Raising up a falcon brood – bucolic,
one becomes extremely melancholic.
Yesterday a clamor vitriolic
told of eyas’ danger diabolic.

Trying panacea called a mixer
feeding drops of magic juice elixir,
desultory effort served to fix her.
Little did I...

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As the oldest child, I got to choose
Before my other sibs.
From where to sit or what to do,
I was awarded dibs.

The fact of being older meant
I had a certain clout
That might have caused resentment
But was...

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I’m almost out of flour
And my sugar’s at the end.
I do not have sweet butter
On which I, of course, depend.

Since I’m not going into stores,
I’m ordering from sites
That quickly get depleted
From competing appetites.

Yet with my...

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Seven newborn piglets
Clambered greedily to suck,
Six succeeding in their mission
While the runt was out of luck.

As their mother lay, exhausted,
All her babes knew what to do
Though the smallest was prevented,
By his sibs, in getting through.

We,...

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Flew down south to visit kin;
Two long years is what it’s been.
Thought we’d give this trip a spin – 
Glad we got to do it.

Saw some sibs, an aunt, a cuz,
In-laws, too and one who...

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