Long Sippy Poems

I FEEL LIKE I'M LIVING IN KABUL AFTER MY DISABLED SPOUSE AND I RETURNED FROM ANOTHER DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS WE NOTICED THE SLIDE BARS TO ALL OUR SIPPING CUPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED INCLUDING THE GRAND CHILDREN...

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Garbled sounds of familiar yet compassionate love.
Surrounded by warmth and tender melodies as if warbled by a dove...
Soft beating sounds and liquids a flowing 'round and 'round,
Gentle movements, percussion's harmonizing soothing sound...

Breaking daylight unfamiliar sounds...

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Jock stumbled - pals called him a wus
(No injury was obvious)
But Jock bruised his willy
And now he feels silly
With todger strapped up in a truss 


WRITTEN BY JAN ALLISON

Old Jock had injured and bruised his...

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Working Mothers | By: Maeve Simons |     | Category: Poem - Children Bookmark and Share
Working Mothers

Working mothers are in a class of their own.
Maintaining a house and paying off a loan....

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Can’t believe how many years together. 
As a couple the ups & downs we weather. 
As husband and wife over the past six. 
Loyally accepting flaws we cannot fix. 

I’m not going to sugarcoat how...

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My three-year-old put his hand on his chin 
like he was mulling over something troubling
I said, "Son, look at this place; what a mess!" 
“But, Papa,” he moaned, “I pway wifh these!” 
His room was...

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The curious case 
Of
Christopher Flaherty

Who began and started out in life with
a perfectly normal human sized brain

Born with a wise old head on his
shoulder's old before his time

That over time and age regressed

And shrunk into...

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I got Giddy Ma's cookbook to find a user-friendly recipe
Because I was inclined to make a deep-dish apple pie
Pastry baking is not my bailiwick, so I ask for immunity
I want to be honest; there's no...

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I have a toddler who loves to play
Pretend – imaginary friend, make-believe
She pierces my heart with her adventures
Into the fantasy land of dinosaurs,
Dungeons and dragons, long lost voyages
With pirates and princes – feeling
Invincible, indestructible, unshakable
Like...

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I wanna bring back Psychedelic
Groovy cats and Shagadelic
DMT or the Sacred 'Shroom...or even good ole LSD
anything that provokes THE change in me
to go google-eyed and all trippy
rather than a coked up chav all gobby and...

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Thurston started off easy enough
With the simple slurping of Sippy cups
But soon enough moved on to the bigger stuff
When Sippy cups didn't do the job

He constructed a straw three feet long
Though Thurston was thirsty he...

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I live in a dark stretch of land part ocean, part lava 
sheer as light but opaque where the eyes meet 
I am a pool of hard matter, still I appear translucent,  
when you...

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You would’ve been four, going on five….
You would’ve been my little angel,
My reason to stay alive.
Your smile would’ve been my joy,
Your giggle would’ve melted my heart.
The thought that I will never see you,
Well, it truly...

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On the floor
And in my way
Countless artifacts of children’s play
Clothes of every size and color
Wrap themselves around one another
Popcorn pieces from movie night
And dry cereal at morning’s light
Bouncy balls and plastic jacks
Barbie dresses and other...

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Babies Had to Learn to Be Selfish
Self preservation
Toddlers feeding themselves
Hoarding food
For parents are glued to I-pads and TV sets

Computer screens are taking their attention
They do not eat themselves, 
Do not realize toddlers need food 
Let...

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I had to crawl before I could walk
I had to babble before I could talk.
I drank milk before I could eat,
Bawled and cried myself to sleep.

I tried to walk, I fell down,
I tried to talk,...

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Bashed with integrity until all morals are dead,                           ...

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Suddenly my life is changing

Things are a mess I'm rearranging

Packing boxes clearing walls

All because his duty calls

The more I pack the more I cry

It's almost time to say goodbye

He's 18 now getting out on his...

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I love you Mom- happy Mother’s Day, 
I just wanted to thank you for all the times we laughed and played.
I hope that you know you mean the world to me,
Without your support, I don’t...

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Free Agent

well the final cuts have been made
I'm no longer part of the team
my talents no longer needed
but it was an incredible dream

I was likely out of my league
unable to stay the pace to keep...

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We’ve tied a corset ‘round Earth’s stomach
& like an overbearing mother,
pulled the strings taut as
occupied swing sets

Plastic clogs the salt-water
arteries & there isn’t a baby
aspirin strong enough to fight
off the inevitable stroke

The atrophy is ubiquitous...

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Wide eyed wonders, passing crayons on the down low
Blamelessness because they think nanny is  too preoccupied to press charges on cookie theft

And You'd Torture kids, with punches to their noses till you got the...

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That was then,
When,
I played with a doll,
And used a pretend phone to make a call.
I had a favorite stuffed dog,
And had fun chasing a slimy, green frog.
I played dress up,
And drank from a sippy cup.
I...

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A piece of bread – untoasted
Splotches of peanut butter in torn spots
Chocolate syrup dripping
With M&M’s sprinkled on top

A bowl of Capt’n Crunch
Extra marshmallows on the side
An open jar of fresh bee’s honey
Unpopped kernels of pop-corn...

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Morning mist over Molly`s,
     a late August gold haze.
     Crossing hay fields of Danville,
     Cabot`s meadows and maze.
     A...

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