Sister Narrative Poems

It is difficult to say,
I won’t miss you.
I have seen you grow,
But now I know you. 
The tiny things that come into my mind
That fear...

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GOD ABSOLUTELY LOVES COLOR!!!

Have you ever really contemplated the varieties
of colors in flowers, fish, birds, animals even
the beautiful sunsets in the heaven at times?
Then why...

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I was playing near a college town,
people pay money to hear my jokes,
when back-clad fools charged upon stage,
at first I thought it was a hoax.
Then...

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An eighteen month old wearing puppy pajamas is running back and forth
in the doctor’s clinic. the waiting room. He has pink cheeks and a loud...

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Tranquil spaces as we wander through the park,
the heat oppressive.
The zebras herding sheep like the watchful alpaca,
yet there are no predators
A motley selection of animals...

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I watched happily as he stepped foot on my terrace,
All night we talked and he made my heart race.
But every time the night ends we...

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I found a pecan on the ground
I picked it up when no one was around
Sitting in the hall outside of class crying because her classmates...

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...For a year they lived and were not bothered,
began to question what it was they’d heard,
but one careless night, though the love was sublime,
Miriam got...

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How do I love after the hurt
When my heart was shattered into pieces in the dirt
How do I begin to move out of my past
And...

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This is the continuation of the story written by my brother Bob of our growing up years in the chicken coop.

Because we had no rooms...

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Deep inside i cried and i cried
  wanted to scream but my voice had died
  You used me, you had your fun
 ...

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Workin' fo’ free from cradle ta grave
Laborin' sunup ta sundown e’eryday,
while Missy and Massa sat in da shade
Those were da days

Us darkies knew where our...

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Satchels at the ready, two young girls to
School they go, new friends, these sweet dears
Are heaven sent, their zest for lift a spiritual sound,
Without pause...

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There is no excuse for ignorance
You must know when you were born
There is no excuse for ignorance
You are sucking the energy out of the popcorn
And...

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The Haunted House

An aging Victorian graphite three story house sat on a 
promontory, lonely, deserted, weathered and forlorn.
Broken windows showed signs of cruel abuse from
passersby...

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Baby Sister’s Secret

Little baby sister begged her mother for sandals.
She was only 3.
She called them “shoes with holes in them.”
Her little toes felt free.

One morning...

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Listen the drums are rumbling and the pots are bubbling
Listen, the drums are rolling and pretty girls are dancing
Listen the drums are speaking and my...

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The Black Man

Hello to the world of the black man
Holding his roots to a foreign land
Raising issues that are hard to face
Knowing  evils of...

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Some children come into the school building dancing, singing, hopping, bursting with uninhibited glee.
They exchange giddy, happy stories about their day at the mall, dropping...

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One Man’s Lofty Dream or "Lalalaloo, lalalaloo, lalalaloo."

In a country across a mysterious, unrelenting sea,
Lived a young man, another tongue had he with lofty dreams,
Fishing...

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