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The Dilettante Diaries: All Roads Lead Home
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Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
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my child, daughter, freedom, journey, love,
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SON OF MINE
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Anyabolu Ifeanyi Gentle
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my child, caregiving, children, father son,
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Mysterious Child
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Nina Parmenter
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my child, beautiful, child, love, mother,
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Phantom Pains
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Brianna Hobson
| Free verse |
my child, abortion, butterfly, insect, my
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HEARING A ROCKABYE
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nette onclaud
| Free verse |
loneliness, my child, voice,
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B28-P14-LOVES SECRET
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Jerry Wells
| Prose Poetry |
my child, appreciation, fun, girl, growing
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THANK YOU, LORD
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Giggles the Poet Brenda Keough
| Free verse |
my child, abuse, betrayal, birth, courage,
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8 years old
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Anna Hopper
| Rhyme |
my child, 2nd grade, growth, i
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I Love You Already Baby
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Casarah Nance
| Rhyme |
my child, mother, mother daughter, my
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For My Children
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Sam Kauffman
| Rhyme |
my child, baby, birth, family, love,
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HE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN JUST TO TAKE YOU HOME
by TJ Silba
"HE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO TAKE YOU HOME"
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Categories:
my child, bereavement, cancer, courage, dad,
The Fear
by Ashley Domenech
7/19/2019
This darkness is all I know,
a widow's wardrobe of funeral clothes.
It hangs curtained under my eyes,
the seed inside me grows allowing the little...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
my child, death, fear, god, introspection,
Still born
by Sue Sharples
God gave you to me
but for a moment
As I held you in my arms
That moment became
the rest of my life
One cherished moment
stretched by years
In a...
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Categories:
my child,
LadyBug Baby Love
by Megan Leasure
Although I'll never know you,
Even though you were not mine,
I love you more than words can say
Even past the end of time.
I dream of...
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Categories:
my child, baby, blessing, loss, my
Six months of heartache
by SCHYLAR ROSE
Today is a reminder of six months of heartache,
Loss and an empty nursery room.
You were taken so young, a rosebud yet to bloom....
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Categories:
my child, christian, daughter, death, father
Schylar Rose, our forever baby
by SCHYLAR ROSE
A tiny girl, given to us but only for a little while,
Tine feet, tiny hands with the biggest smile,
A million memories, hugs and kisses...
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Categories:
my child, death, eulogy, farewell, father
Boys are Inclusive
by Caren Krutsinger
Boys can play in three’s.
Many girls not so much.
Boys do not have to have a best friend.
Many girls do.
Boys are loyal, inclusive.
Everyone can play.
Many girls,...
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Categories:
boy, children, my child,
The Night Train Home
by Sitabz Garg
The Night Train Home
Somewhere in the country your mother
is waiting for you with a heating kettle,
warm water for your feet
from your winter...
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Categories:
my child, absence, child, home, mother
I long for
by nilofar shaikh
I wish neither silk nor velvet,
I crave not gold or diamonds,
I yearn not for leather wear,
I need no fancy to display,
I aspire nothing luxury to...
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my child, mom, mother, mothers day,
LETTER TO MY UNBORN CHILD
by Olufemi Oloye
LETTER TO MY UNBORN CHILD.
COUNTLESS TIMES I'VE CLOSED MY EYES TO SEE WHAT YOU'D LOOK LIKE
I IMAGINE YOUR SMILE AND THE SHAPE OF YOUR...
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ABC |
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my child, birth, feelings, hope, longing,
Goodbye because I Love You
by Loreli Perez
Goodbye because I LOVE YOU
I need to go
Silence, tears versus needs
I need to say goodbye
I hate to see you crying
I’m miserable when I see you...
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my child, family, father, feelings, mother,
Day in and day out
by Chris McAfee
He says there is a monster under there,
He usually has gum in his hair.
Lego's are all over the floor,
then he runs upstairs and slams the...
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my child, 1st grade, boy, my
God needed
by Author Rhonda Kay Hero-Wilson
God needed another angel,
so he took you.
So be good, mind your manners.
Be kind and respectable.
Always say please and thank-you.
Let the little ones go first and...
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Categories:
my child, angel, childhood, death, i
The Pearl and the Oyster
by Robert Bellam
My gift on treasured shoulders lay
Touch him, roll him, kiss his breast
But know, you're...
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my child, giving, imagination, loss, love,
My child
by Laulindah Shiku
I love many things my child,
I love rainy days, the smell of the earth soaked,
And flowers boasting of their apparel.
I love wintry nights and starry...
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Categories:
my child, child, feelings, i love
The joys of little boys
by Chris McAfee
Balloons that pop, ice cream that melts,
A bike with a flat, can't find his belt.
One shoe untied, teeth aren't brushed,
finishing breakfast, always feeling rushed.
Toys on...
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my child, 1st grade, boy, my
Leo in the Sign of Cancer
by Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
"LEO in the Sign of Cancer"
Leo has entered the sign of Cancer
Swimming through stormy seas
See, C, Si
The Lionheart is my
Only One True...
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Ode |
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Categories:
my child, daughter, freedom, jesus, journey,
Pearls
by Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
"Pearls"
More than all the Pearls in all the deepest Oceans
LOVE
Mother Daughter Becalmed
Swim
(Lovejoy-Burton/April 2018)
for Georgia
Isaiah 43:2 (g.n.t.)
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Ode |
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Categories:
my child, love, mother daughter, my
Small Treasure
by Chris McAfee
His kiss will brighten your day,
First thing as you continue to lay,
Still rubbing the night from your eyes,
Trying to wake up is the usual reply,
Blue...
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my child, 1st grade, love, my
A Treasure Trove
by Emile Pinet
Yesterday's tempest eroded the shore
uncovering part of a treasure trove.
For we found a ring with a crimson stone
and a few coins exposed near the mangrove.
My...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
my child, adventure, beautiful, childhood, daughter,