Dance Mom Poems

The mirror reflects a lifetime etched upon my skin; a canvas of stories whispered through maturity. I stand before it, middle-aged and exposed, my nakedness...

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“22½ euros for a Martini,” Peter remarked, when he first scanned the menu.
“It’s not like we aren’t going to get them,” I said, “we’re not...

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     Cub with Mom

                 Soft-...

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I felt great calmness and perfect peace. I had the feelings of a poor man who has just come under the protection of the Royal...

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Into my future, If I get a sudden chance to peep
I'd choose my ninety-fourth birthday hoping am still alive
My mother left us at that ripe...

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This was the first holiday
Without you in my life
And it chiseled at my heart
I was down and out but
I saw a twinkling star
One night that...

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I twinkle with the stars of what,
What is the lapse between the beats of the heart?
If heartbeat is why I live, 
then why don’t I...

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What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles? - Louisa May Alcott


Wherever my heart has gone,
Whatever my soul has...

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There she was, silenced; in the hush of the night,
By nature's decree and the will of the almighty divine's right.
Upon the pyre, her form ablaze,...

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I am
Wednesday morning trips to the local library with my mom and younger siblings,
Wandering wondrous paths through bookshelves bustling with books.
Exploring, savoring, lingering inbetwixt paragraphs,...

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Spirits roam from Space to Space to ascend many Places many People many things that grips the heart in time this child that never was...

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Mom drives us to our Auntie’s farm
so we can run and play.
She thinks it will be no harm
for us to spend the day.  

Muriel...

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In her shadow,
I knew the meaning of comfort
The whisper of grace
The joy of acceptance
The miracle of a place
Where silence knew deliverance
And kindness knew the way
To...

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 In her womb, I laid 
grew my hands, legs…
till I was fully formed.
Got out after nine months,
laid on her back,
In her arms,
On her laps…
She...

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"Is that you Jane?"
(An old woman's voice from room 12A, 
echoing down the hall.)

The room is cold, 
and I feel old. 

Lord,
kindly send
one young woman
that...

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