Music Mother Daughter Poems

I wake to hear you crying, calling out to me.
I wearily open my eyes, it’s only half past 3.
I sigh, roll over, cover my ears,...

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The rain hit hard.

Pounding and banging on the windows
like fists of lament

Then the darkness came
A reminder to call loved ones

Being one of the lucky ones
my...

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Dolly woke first kissed Damian 
On his cheek. He was still asleep.
Today was July 27th  Dolly 
Thought, "Oh my Goodness."
"Today is me and Molly's...

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I remember…

The little girl words falling from my lips,
In whispers and whimpers, coloring
Light in misty feelings, flowing like the gentle
Music, rhythmic, pulsing – revealing
Where sincerity...

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The festive furious festival of
Fifteen and fourteen year olds
Had functionally formed the
Teenage takeover brigade. 
The boy and girl gladiators they
Were everywhere. And DJ had 
His...

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Paint The Town

When I’m with you, 
it’s all we want to do, 

laugh and sing,
Wear a lit’l bling,

Take the music off the shelfie, 
Take a...

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Dear Mother, 

Happy Birthday, Mom. 
All your children are here today..
to celebrate your exemplary life! 
What a turbulent but amazing journey it was, Mommy! 

You grew up in a beautiful...

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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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"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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“Within”



Shadow dreams 
down silent roads 
never taken 
less than travelled, 
the winter breeze 
of the world within,
pulls out the hidden
message planted, 
within

the quickening
attempts slow 
anchoring,
the...

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"Caim"



Caim 
in time
labyrinthine
tale swallowed
serpentine 

Caim 
in time
heart kept 
secure in the 
central fortress mine

Serpentine
swallowed
labyrinthine tales
cooed her love Basilisk
night terrors and turtledoves

Turtledoves
followed trails 
of diamonds dripping
through...

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Zirconium
Titanium-Rutile
Titanium-llmenite
Scalley wags and tarbuks
Teague League swantsium
12-12-2020
Chaotic Moon
Tides of Eden
Waves to disppare
Transparency and
Each mode of
Communicative
Measures
Dialogue speaks
To the need of
Persons.
Poverty creates
empathy for some.
To others it allows
restrictions to...

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"Tell Me Something Beautiful"



You could write me 
something beautiful
to leave me 
when you are not here

Someone told me 
the dead don’t speak 
they just listen...

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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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“Inheritance”



Where do I go?

To meet you
outside of 
complicit 
words...

I dream of 
bigger things
than numbers
and sharp talons

bells jangling 
ankles tempted
by better things
running

flight of the fleeing
hooded
tethered
birds

Freedom, 
Words.

Just...

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