A streak of moonlight cuddled by the chair placed in the balcony, outside
The ricocheting time and I, and the solar moonlight, a moonlit foamy, a subtle tide
My daughter beside me, and a diamond stud, her nose knows her black heads, in a way, fortitude
A face and a lit, a solar and a misfit
a questioner, closest, midfielder, lifelong
my quenching oasis, amidst my torn life, vagabond
I saw my brazen Fenugreek, my curry, my grave failure, a Maugham outspoken in mom
My dish said a delicacy long ago, with your perfect soft, melted ambiance
my soul, my Mosul,my Samara , my mina and my minaret
They kept your calendar tales and fruit punch , they never quite gripped
The midnight hymn and the enclosing, merging with the foamy sea, rhythm
I saw a morn, a corn, of the needle in a haystack, where even the arch angel ask.
My daughter, sleeping beside me, my soul within, in the depth of the moonlight!
Demilade Ayomiposi Malia Joseph by Adejola Joseph an award winning poet. Author of Cracks On The Walls .
Demilade
Spring out of ocean
Water in the desert
My sweetest princess
You are the epitome of beauty
Virtuous than all the glamours of rubies
My daughter
My pearl
I love you so much
I love you.
To give a book away
To someone t’me is rage,
It’s like giving away
My daughter in marriage.
If I visit that man
And find my book tattered,
It’d get my heart shattered.
Oh, what terrible dread
To find, she was wedded
Alas to a wrong man.
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Reflections |05.11.2024|book, daughter
Poet’s note: When I found one of my books in a tattered condition and discarded in a corner, I felt terrible. This small piece was born off my deep reflections on it.
My daughter
From the seeds of my heart
My child was born
So young was she when she bore her own
Too young they said to know what’s best
So wrong they were
We laughed at their jest
She has the three girls
And I just can’t lie
All three of them angels
The apples of my eye
This morning the youngest
Boarded a plane
Going to Hawai’i
All on her own.
I marvelled at her courage
Felt nervous for her
With a last hug and wave
She walked through that door
Gone not a day
Yet I miss her so
When she’ll be back
No one knows
Your such a young woman now
I still call you babe
I love you my darling
To the tips of your toes
Be safe and be happy
And know where you are
You’ll have my heart with you
Wherever you go.
Dedicated to Elena Eagle
My Daughter
On the Closing of Oakland A’s Stadium
9/26/2024
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Your Grandpa is right there next to you,
Cheering on the A’s, with a beer or two!
Down from the skies of Heaven, he flew.
To be with his Grandaughter, feeling so blue!
He sees all the wonderful things you do,
For your family, you are magnificently true.
Proud of his smart grandson, six foot two,
And your husband, who’s been true to you.
He knows so well you will cry this Fall day,
When the A’s stadium, closes, their last play.
He wants you to not feel any deep dismay,
For the Oakland A’s will play yet another day.
Grandfather loves so you very, very much.
He came to earth for you to feel his touch!
Grandfather loves the great England bunch.
Eddie, he says will be in the MLB, Grandpa’s hunch!
9/30/2024
I am just here in your crazy little world
So many colors of the rainbow I see in you
My whole world right in this beautiful being
Even when I hear the words daddy don't sing
You make my life seem so full.
In your eyes I see the curiosity
The imagination The craziness
My little girl so proud I am
So happy to be just a little part of your world
Daddy loves you
Going in mall, buying her book
My heart's thrilled by her gleeful look
On the food court, together, we ate
Chewing and chatting until late
But then, it's time to say goodbye
I felt my heart wanted to cry
Until then, hasta la vista
Next time we eat salad and pasta
If I get to be a man of great means,
I’d buy a fine farmhouse in Philippines,
That has naturally flowing water,
And would let it to my soul’s sole daughter.
The rent I might ask for would just be this:
That she lets me spend there some time of bliss,
Amidst those fresh blossoms of first flowers,
First fall of mangoes with their great flavours,
An if she grows new blossoms on bowers,
Rent-less, whole estate will be ever hers—
That farmhouse in her native Philippines,
That has naturally flowing water,
Would then be all hers, my soul’s sole daughter.
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Free verse |10.03.2024| daughter, father
In tribute to Edward Thomas: If I should ever by Chance
My Daughter Is A Dream Come True
My daughter is a dream come true.
this kind of thing happens to very few.
I feel blessed to have her love and caring
as she is an angel always sharing.
her love is such that it changed my life,
and now my little angel has begun the journey to her own life.
the time may be changing but she is the same
so loving so caring that I have no words left to frame.
I just wish always she gets the best
and may God keep her always blessed
I love you my angel you are the best
my wish is to have you as my daughter again & again
as you filled my life with happiness & removed all the pain.
so wish you good luck and happiness throughout
my blessings are with you always without a doubt
In the realm of words, where emotions flow,
I craft this poem for my daughter to know,
Some things I see in her as I watch her grow.
Her intelligence, a mind so wise,
She's smarter than she may realize.
Her laughter, so contagious, with a smile so bright. In every giggle, there's a spark of pure delight,
Savoring the moment of her radiant light.
Aubree so silly, her unrehearsed comedy,
A natural comedian , a hilarious prodigy.
Her smile, a beacon, on my darkest of days,
A ray of sunlight, warming my weary ways,
And In her heart, she holds the memories we treasure,
Of loved ones departed, their love beyond measure.
Aubree, my baby,growing up so fast.
It's hard to believe how much time has passed.
With eyes like coffee, projecting energy, wherever they look.
In them, their lies a fascinating book.
She sees the world through innocent eyes.
She sees the world without it's disguise.
All these things so wonderful and true,
could never be enough to know how much I love you.
But with this poem I hope you may better see, just how much you mean to me.
She broke the cage
and flew away
to fix her place
in the blue unknown.
I stood stunned
among cries
and unanswered
how's and why's.
Then I heard
His sweet voice:
"My Child, mute
your internal noise".
"All events are predestined,
nothing is new.
lt happened
as per the drama plan".
“The part is over;
the costume will be changed.
Watch the whole scene
as an observer quite detached ”.
No complaints
but thanks;
one big account
is settled.
Oft I hear her say in dreams
“Papa, again I will come
to make Mamma
the most blissful one” .
My delight at the day's summit
My strength when despair looms
My happiness in every season
My daughter, my life
The morning sun's gentle rise
The rainbow midday's grace
The stars in the night's embrace
My daughter, my everything
Your lullaby voice is sweet
Your coming is pleasant
Your presence, a breath of freshness
My daughter, my entirety
Tickle, tickle little toes,
How I love to tickle you so.
Make her giggle, make her laugh,
Pull her feet away real fast.
Peekaboo, peekaboo can you see me,
I can't find you, where could you be?
Boo, THERE YOU ARE, I FOUND YOU,
I playfully say to you.
Lullabies, lullabies just for you,
Sing them, hum them, whisper them too.
Tuck you in, kiss your cheek, say "I love you",
as you sleep.
Babbles, babbles in mommy's ear,
Waking me with that sweet little sound.
Making the day start off the best it can be,
You truly are the best thing to happen to me.
I’ve never deeply experienced love and joy
Until; that stinkin’ cute baby girl with golden hair
Big round steel blue eyes and fairest skin
Took my breath away the instant I held her
The joy that fills me nothing can compare
That magical moment became my favorite
That parental instinct just became naturally fitting
My walls of protecting her sprang right up
To have her in my life is the greatest gift of all
She didn’t just complete me
She is the every essence of my purpose
My everything beautiful, rain and shine
My girl
My daughter
Fin Chuuk
2/24/2023
BECAUSE YOU ARE MY DAUGHTER
I will make you a nicest being on earth , but I’ll make you fearless too
BECAUSE YOU ARE MY DAUGHTER
I will make you a kindest person on earth , but I’ll make you courageous too
BECAUSE YOU ARE MY DAUGHTER
I will make you a very helpful and generous soul, but I’ll make you very strong too
BECAUSE YOU ARE MY DAUGHTER
I will make you a caring and loving person , but I’ll make you an independent thinker too
BECAUSE YOU ARE MY DAUGHTER
I will make you a compassionate being on this planet , but I’ll make you confident too
You made me a caring mom and I will make you a carefree daughter too
You made me believe in love and I will make you believe in yourself too
You made me give my best to you and I will make you your best self too
Because you are my Daughter and you are the fresh air I breathe everyday
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