Was it tuna?The world in black and blue,
no visible outline, the colors
blur. Headlights bright red,
and the people covered
in smoke as I stand in the back-
alley surrounded by old graffiti
stains and a half eaten tuna fish
sandwich. The alley cats
devour the carcass leaving
the bones and eyes behind.
I look at the eyes and I see
my...
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Categories:
mom, city, color, conflict, dark,
Form: Prose Poetry
W S Rendra translation of 'Hai Ma' or 'Hi Mom'My English translation of "Hai Ma" by W. S. Rendra, a son to his mother and soulmate.
HAI MA ("HI MOM")
by W. S. Rendra
translation by Michael R. Burch
for Zeelhan Zahraa
Mom,
It's not death that disheartens my heart
but a lifeless life, a life unlived
because life loses its power and nature.
There are nights when I walk these corridors
with nowhere...
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Categories:
mom, death, heart, life, mother,
Form: Free verse
Before my mom gave me birth
I’ve known my mother
since before I had a shape,
when my soul — a seed of silent stars,
was still searching for its furrow.
I was an imperceptible vibration,
a faint flicker in the chasm
between being and not-being,
and she — the only soil
where I could take root.
She never promised
time would be gentle,
but
she gave me her...
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Categories:
mom, absence, child, death, family,
Form: Free verse
silencioWhen I’m not tapped into a music stream.
I like quiet
no - let’s be exact,
I like silence
ear plugs in - deafening quiet
or better yet, noise cancelled anti-sound
That’s relatively new technology
My mom mentioned new studies suggest it may rewire things
gray matter wise, you know, behind the eyes
like the patterns sound forms in sand.
But if you’re going to...
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Categories:
cheer up, humor, mom,
Form: Free verse
Those We Love
"Those we love don't go away they walk beside us every day"
Years may come and years may go
still the memory of her scent still flows
"I'm praying in an angel, just for you"
she'd say then whisper, "I love you"
Echoes of her love still stir in me
beneath the silent...
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Categories:
analogy, memory, mom,
Form: Rhyme
Why Is Child Heartbroken"The pen must go where the pen wants to go. Today it went down Heartbroken Lane." By Poet
The day came in with a great start
but is going out with a broken part.
With a child's loving and young heart,
it must take a very painful dart.
today I lost my furry best friend,
in life guess some things have...
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Categories:
child, friend, love, mom,
Form: Rhyme
Mom, A Special FriendYou were my first and truest guide,
With open arms and heart so wide.
A listening ear through sleepless nights,
A steady hand in all my fights.
You taught me love, you taught me grace,
You held me in your warm embrace.
But I, your son, was not always kind—
I lost my way, left truth behind.
I broke your heart with foolish...
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Categories:
mom, best friend, encouraging, family,
Form: Rhyme
I miss my momI miss my mom.
I don’t remember much about her,
It’s been over a decade and a half since
I last saw her,
Before she faded into
The person she’s become now.
But I remember when she was kind,
I remember when she loved us,
I miss my mom.
I miss swingset rides,
Her pushing me,
Higher and higher,
Into the sky.
Snapshots, memories,
A blink of her smile,
I...
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Categories:
mom, abuse, anger, angst, daughter,
Form: Free verse
NOT HOLDING HANDS
Why couldn't I hold your hand? You ask
Yourself in golden bowers of infinity -
Was it because he felt too old to do it?
It was too infantile an act to make?
Questions! Always questions! It is the time.
And I tear myself away from this
I should not defile the memory
Of the dead, or besmerch their truth -
If truth...
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Categories:
bereavement, death, emotions, mom,
Form: Free verse
Believe Your HeartSo calculated so planned that man,
Never telling a soul what he truly comprehends,
From years of watching his elders survival,
He masterfully knows how to cheer on a revival,
And smiles so gracefully to draw ppl in,
They all gauk he's so kind as if he lives with no sin,
The compliments egg him on and so his ego grows,
And...
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Categories:
mom, beautiful, blessing, change, courage,
Form: Light Verse
Artisan at work
Categories:
5th grade, girl, mom,
Form: Free verse
Carry youI carry you with me
Everywhere that I go.
In my eyes,
In my smile,
In the way I walk,
How I talk,
Even how I act and dress.
I am something of you merged,
Bits of what you were,
Pieces of what you are,
Snippets of what
..you could have been,
And as I continue,
I will become something of you never seen.
I carry...
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Categories:
mom, death, grief, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
A Mother, a SoliloquyThe best compliment I have ever received is, “You’re going to be a wonderful mother one day.” I adore the idea of having children, treating them with love and kindness, nurturing and caring for them even when it’s hard. I daydream of dancing, playing, laughing, crying, and everything in between. In the very midst of...
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Categories:
mom, baby, caregiving, child,
Form: Free verse
Why Not MeWhy not me, i always asks,
In shadows where the silence basks,
When sickness came, I felt the chill,
While soup and love were his to fill.
Mom turned her back, her heart a stone,
As I lay weak, so all alone.
He got the doctor, the gentle care,...
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Categories:
mom, brother, childhood, confusion, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Motherly AuntA mother
A carer
An aunt she might be
A growing bond like a best friend is what she is to me
A warm and comforting heart of love and care
A strong personality that would take on a dare
Reflects as inspiration in her glare
Footprints I will follow as it guides me a far
Shadow I want to...
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Categories:
appreciation, birthday, mom, mother,
Form: Rhyme
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