People Mum Poems

We’d go exploring along the river and through the woods,
We’d run, and we’d whoop, then go silently to try and see a rabbit if we...

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It's always Aldi on a Sunday afternoon.  You're always waiting with your shopping bags in hand, slowly trudging along with your walking stick. ...

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Oh what a day in the old, 
The African sun rises, shining bold, 
Father leaves at 5am, to tap palm wine, 
Mother goes to the...

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I see , seeing a mum
With big hands trying 
To beat , beating the drum
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With one hand and  her 
Spectators are so boring
Because of  the...

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In these uncertain times seemingly
ever harder to predict and navigate

what on earth we are about to be hit 
with or be faced to deal with...

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A trip to the market for some,
Is the reason that people look glum,
It's no longer a way
To spend a few hours a day
Going grocery shopping...

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Political correctness because we can’t be offended 
We want freedom because freedom is splendid 
Speaking my mind and you don’t like it, 
oh and you...

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She’s the only one I adored,
Other people cannot see.
My beloved mother so dear,
Her unconditional love for me,

Wrinkled hand for over-worked,
Her tired soul wants to take...

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Eyes. Face. 
Cries. Voice.
Hopes. Dreams.
Fear. Tears.
Lost. Love.
Real. Pain.
Scared. Drained.

Life. Death.

They are a…

People who trusted us.
People who looked to us.
People that need us.
People that love us.

Are...

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My father was exceedingly
intelligent and well versed
and worldly wise

Despite and inspite of his
humble working class beginnings
and lack of formal education

He used to say education and
common...

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Mother you're a lost cause
you lost 3 kids and 2 in-laws

didn't speak to your mother or sister
now have no other, too much for your mister

You...

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Mum you don't show me any belief, 
pushing the unknown out of my reach, 
pulls my confidence deep down beneath,
cause my ambition and dreams to...

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My mother did not know what hit her when she agreed to travel with me
She had forgotten that I can transmogrify folks, so it is...

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It is always hard to measure 
When people experience romantic pleasure 
Expressing love 
Peaceful as a dove 
For one another 
Warm sentiments resulting in Father...

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Mum used to tell me
the bible contradicts itself
and that's true
but is it like a riddle 

waiting to be solved
the bible says 
God created man in...

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