Marriage Morning Poems

Wettened by the morning's dew
Closely spaced where rows of roses grew 
     Footprints stained the cobblestone 
  Where my love...

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Raining

It is raining outside. 
I can hear the drops on the roof. 
They are loud, 
and getting louder all the time. 
My heart seems to...

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Wettened by the mornings dew 
Closely spaced where rows of roses grew 
Footprints stained the cobblestone 
Where my love and I had walked, alone

Breathless sun,...

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Choices

The choices we  make
for ourselves, 
often if nearly always
effect others. 

The milkman is late, 
breakfast is later, 
the kids are 
barely going to make...

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Faith (in the garden)

The bright yellow faces
of the sunflowers look right into the sky. 
They peer up and know they are smiled upon. 
We should...

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Sunshine Morning

My wedding is just... days away. 
The light streams into my window. 
It is morning. 
I have so many things to do. 

So far...
I...

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While You Sleep

The morning is still gray, 
it is just before the dawn. 
I stare out the kitchen window, 
looking for a lost song. 

I...

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her snores echo around
our cozy bed chamber
I'm wakened by the sound
thinking we're in danger

just 'tis a spouse so pretty
I keep my husband's poise
how can one...

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older, just as close

hotter, covers roll off me

you cling to my warmth


12/15/2020...

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Creaking floorboards whisper she is up.
I move to put the coffee on.
By the mirror in the hall, 
I pause to fix my hair.
I want to...

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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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coffee musset poem

coffee
morning delight
coffee

my wine
nightly delight
always so fine

with wife
drinking my wine
love life

poetry soup contest...

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He followed the same routine…the same ritual every night
A goodnight kiss 
an ‘I love you’ 
then a thank you before turning off the light.

In the...

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Filial Child 

Halfway to heaven, 
so thrilled to be saved.
My life, 
changed forever.
Filled with your spirit,
wrestles to serve. 

On fire…
in the night,
running through the streets,...

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Morning Sounds
by M. Griswold
06212000

I awake in the morning to all kinds of sounds.
First of which is me, snoring profound.
Next usually comes a burp and a...

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