Morning Coffee
The mother-in-law woke me with her dry cough.
The electric alarm clock is registering 6am;
two hours since the baby’s last feed—
the one she came to help me with.
I crawl out of my warm bed to put the kettle on
and select the chipped coffee mug for her.
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Categories:
mother in law, satire,
Form: Prose Poetry
Mother-in-Law Woes
Face like a bulldog
She didn't understand "no"
She is the puppet master
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Categories:
mother in law, anger, anxiety, cry, mental
Form: Senryu
Mother In Law
To have a mother
In law is a great blessing
More so if she's good.
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Categories:
mother in law, character, engagement, mother, perspective,
Form: Senryu
Categories:
mother in law, humor, husband,
Form: Free verse
How To Impress Your Mother-In-Law
Try not to roll your eyes
when she is giving helpful hints
of how she does everything.
Make sure her son (your hubby)
calls her every Sunday
and offer to help her with her gardening chores
even though you detest everything
to do with gardening
Take her a cooked casserole
every week, and sit and watch
her favorite TV show with
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Categories:
mother in law, fun, life, mother son,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
mother in law, appreciation, beauty, heaven, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
Bride Goes To Plan B
Prior to ceremony Lily’s future mother-in-law insisted on things her way
She introduced a prenup, and spoiled the bride’s entire wedding day
The groom acted embarrassed, but he lived in his parents’ house
So, he kept his mouth shut, did not even make the peep of a mouse
The future mother-in-law let the bride-to-be know how things would be.
Lily
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Categories:
mother in law, bridal shower, bullying,
Form: Rhyme
My Mother - In-Law
My Mother- in- law
Women in my family -
My mother- in-law, so special,
A lady with such a kind heart,,
Always there for us,
Wether near or miles apart.
She loved the grandkids so dearly,
A special bond between them,
With
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Categories:
mother in law, family,
Form: Rhyme
You Must Love Your Mother In Law
That meddling witch I just abhor
With us it is out and out war
Read advice from the pope
There is simply no hope
I do NOT love my mother in law
She’s written down in her notebook
My daughter in law cannot cook
Well it just isn’t true
All HER meals look like pooh
I honestly don’t give a toss (insert rhyming word
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Categories:
mother in law, humorous, irony,
Form: Limerick
It Was a Good Morning Until
It was a good morning till she arrived,
the she devil that bore her only child,
occasion to visit us she contrived,
with an excuse of sorts that she compiled!
She heaved and puffed her way in to the house,
with baggage and beddings wrapped in her arm,
she flashed a smile! that mother of my spouse,
through her big wide mouth
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Categories:
mother in law, 10th grade, family, mom,
Form: Rhyme
Mother In Law Woes
I said I did not want it, but his mother did.
So it came into my living room as a constant reminder
That there are two adults in this marriage and me.
I asked him not to do it, but his mother thought he should.
So of course he had to, for he takes all direction from her.
I pondered
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Categories:
mother in law, husband, marriage,
Form: Free verse
Prayer Shawl
Prayer Shawl
When summer nights are christened
With chanting crickets –
Last of their summer season song -
Rolling fields of ripening wheat - east of the mountains -
Revisit my mind;
I picture a young woman – suitcase in hand –
Walking away – not looking back –
Face toward a city by the Sound
Leaving fields in echoes of youth
On a journey
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Categories:
mother in law, family, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Mother-In-Law Came To Visit a Daughter
Mother-in-law came to visit a daughter.
Son-in-law asked for how long she will stay.
Depending on you - how long I can may.
Son- in- law said " I'm agreed, it's O.K."
But before you leave you want a cup of water?
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Categories:
mother in law, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
Mother In Law
My mother in law has died and was buried today.
Although apart from her son this past ten years,
she and I continued to maintain our loving relationship.
Never judgmental and kind to her core,
we shared many happy outings in her final years.
Christmas concerts, cinema dates and butterfly gardens.
Her son and I had not spoken since our acrimonious
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Categories:
mother in law, dance, dedication, memorial,
Form: Free verse
Monster Mother In-Law
I have a rude prying mother-in-law
Always curious, she rubs my nose raw
A notorious liar
Never to blame, does conspire
Walked out the door, her face was last I saw
8/9/201
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Categories:
mother in law, conflict, relationship,
Form: Limerick
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