Faith Mother Daughter Poems

The present darkness threatens.
Why can’t I see the light?
And yet my faith still lingers
Like a flame of candlelight.
The weakened short wick struggles
And nearly smothers out
While...

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For Silent One's - Mamma Poetry Contest

Where is the love, Mamma?

Through broken Louvre blinds, you're ever watching
Rosary beads clicking prayers on repeat mode, uttering
Your plethora...

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She fell out of the car
Naked on the ground
Folks looking on
Not breathing a sound

...mama.....mama
.............MAMA......I need you

Rushing to her side
She gathered her daughter
Whispering the LOVE
Flowing from...

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I can't believe you are now seven
In a blink of an eye you will then turn 18
And maybe the next morning when I wake up
You...

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Happy Birthday to Lauryn 

My October's blessings
By Michelle Morris 
30/10/2023

You are October's blessings
You are the brightest and the best
You're the spring blossoms in South Africa
You're...

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Inside womb’s gentle fortress
babe safely thrived
nurtured well 
with loving care
while her mother treasured
her as precious gift…
expecting for her arrival.

Now in the Intensive Care Unit
she, in...

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We ate our bread with many tears
Laden with guilt and many fears
Bread crumbs fell off all around
Our small dog licked them off the ground 

Our...

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"The Cost of War through Peace"

She had spent 
some elaborate 
time 
with snakes,

learning
their ways,
yet in the very 
back of her mind,

in her memories,
she remembered
the stories...

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Inspired by the beautiful and hugely talented Clare Bowen's character Scarlett from the hit musical show Nashville. Her character's childhood reminded me of my family...

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Pure and filled with love 
By Michelle Morris
05/11/2022

Remember me, darling
Though our time was fleeting
You came into my world
Like a tiny angel

Pure and filled with love
Sent...

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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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White Lace

Mother died today. 
They called me. 
I thought they did not have, my number. 
They never called before, now. 
Why bother to call now?...

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Quiet Bird Songs

Daughter, come home. 
Your mom is calling you. 
She is singing the same song, 
as when you were little. 
She remembers, 
everything. 
She...

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In a way, I go along the path it shows, 
Climbing in the highs, crawling into the lows, 
The game is all set to go...

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"Blue Highway at the Cross Roads"



When the child 
finds the imprints,
the child will place
its feet firmly

in the 
Love 
marked, 
for the child alone

brick walls 
along...

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