Daughter Memory Poems
These Daughter Memory poems are examples of Memory poems about Daughter. These are the best examples of Memory Daughter poems written by international poets.
The Precious JewelsHow she loved diamonds, her birthstone.
Literally diamonds were her best friends.
She worked very hard and each piece
of jewelry she bought made...
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daughter, memory, mother, sad,
LegerdemainThe magician wore
my mother’s perfume
and conjured family
from thin air—
a brother renamed uncle,
a wife recast as mother,
a daughter vanishing
behind a tale of bees.
Each...
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memory, confusion, family, growing up,
Happy Father's DayTo the man who stood so tall,
Who picked me up with every fall.
In life’s loud storm or silent pain,
You stood like shelter in the rain.
When...
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memory, 11th grade, family, father,
Our Daughter's SwingA branch once held our daughter’s swing
By blue supporting ropes,
The yellow molded plastic
Holding her and all our hopes.
We pushed her as she laughed out loud
And...
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daughter, memory,
Roots Without SoilRoots Without Soil
I.
I keep my mother's spoon in my suitcase—
silver worn thin from stirring cardamom tea,
its handle curved like her thumb
pressing into my palm those...
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memory, political, prison,
About black magicOne evening, BB and I sat on the couch,
We talked about many topics including black magic.
The voodoo, curses and dirty tricks.
You were calm and...
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memory, evil, june, magic, marriage,
He Grew Old
When he was young. I thought he was old. It never occurred to me that I might be wrong. That old wouldn’t show up for...
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memory, appreciation, father, father daughter,
Time Writes in Rhythms of Light
there were times when I did not understand him
times when I fought with my heart, to remember
time would not forget the days that were so...
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memory, absence, appreciation, inspiration, introspection,
Things I Almost UnderstoodA soggy teddy bear
lay on the shoulder of the highway—
head twisted, limbs askew,
its damp fur clinging to gravel
and its sightless eyes beseeching heaven.
I watched from...
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Categories:
memory, childhood, high school, imagery,
Mom's Top Pick Treasury of Children's Questions, Queen Ant
Early 1980's my Three- and four-year-olds
...
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children, memory,
Interview With an AngelNervously checking my hair,
Noting the silver is peppered with grey.
My hand trembles as I put on my lipstick—
My favourite shade of pink.
My reflection bears a...
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Categories:
angel, daughter, memory, mother
PurpleMy jeans I’d wear, twirling in the air
the cousins, loved those kids; I’d
see them hardly ever, flying, laughing,
rising. Mother couldn’t understand
the wriggling out of the...
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memory,
Painful MemoriesEvery day I wake up,
And every day I remember
The way you left me with no warning
Fleeing like a dog off its leash
It was my 13th...
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memory, anxiety, betrayal, childhood, father
RECEIPT OF A MEMORY
One of the beauties of life…the longer I live…the more I see…
Is that I never know what will come along to trigger a memory.
A mother...
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memory,
Esme Teresa and Elle Norma: A Lament of LightAt twenty weeks they saw the light—
two daughters Esme Teresa and Elle Norma
...
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Categories:
memory, child, daughter, granddaughter, hope,