Mom Memorial Day Poems

I am Misti--, didn't get it?
Misti(sweetness) is my name,
My grandmother gave me that
Honor, I'm too grateful.
I'm going to 8 months
This November soon,
My limbs are
Not properly...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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She stares down at the tombstone
Of her son who gave his all
Memories flow down off her cheek,
And silently they fall
She thinks about her helpless baby,
at...

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once upon a time, when he was still a lad
in a cloudy sky and sunny wind
Arise a day which was never forgotten
grapes wines and special...

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Noor* of Taj Mahal, jeweled in red stone 
 death or love, tranquil oasis alone
 rich jasper and jade hanging on its walls
 in cold...

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The Sandless Sand Castle

Let me tell you about my eldest brother.

I am: the "Scram!", the "Beat it!", the "What you looking at?!", and the "Turn...

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A MOTHERS’ MEMORIAL DAY
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


The Is No Measure with Which to Gauge the Pain
Nor the Silent Bitterness Which Will Always Remain
In the Grief Stricken...

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IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE - Part Two (continued)

     ( for sweet-teeth kiddies )

IF you pull a long face
And that...

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Bloody broken shields
Strewn along the battlefield
Someones mom or child...

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On Memorial Day my Mom set off for the cemetery at dusk.
Paying her respect to her late husband was a must.
She and my brother David...

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There is a field that we all know
That passed a torch where Soldiers go
Those that fell fought to the end
From that field they did ascend

To...

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My Dad Was Just a Lad.
Part 1. 

I’d like to share my story,
Of a young man and his wife.
They were my mom & dad,
And would...

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To never see your face again 
To lose the map of your body
To misplace memory itself 

For example   
Today I lost your nose...

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For Memorial Day

My Old Flag

The flag sits folded in my den
Its stars – just forty-eight
For it’s a flag from way back when
My father met his...

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My brother is and will always be my Memorial Day
Of course I will always respect every warrior that fought let's say
My brother joined the Marines...

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