God Niece Poems

She was never a girly girl
did not care about wearing her
mother’s high heel shoes,
or painting her nails.
Wasn’t interested in putting on lipstick,
or smearing makeup on...

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They sit in the corner by themselves
They sit and watch the day turn into Darkness
Their eyes glazed over in their head
There is a lifelessness within...

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A HIGH FIVE TO JOLEEN

I would like to give a big High Five
To my wonderful niece, Joleen
For the devotions of God’s Word
She gives to us...

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I'm off on the beaten path
with Little Rosey in my grasp

There's palm fronds like a giant clock,
twenty hands instead of two
And there's the honeysuckle bush
that...

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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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Your parents gave me the news at Wilton's Music Hall
a place of joy and drunkenness
Laurel and Hardy, Hetty King, Marie Lloyd and now
A Great Aunt.
A...

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MY SUDDENLY 

When all I ever wanted was to be loved,
to truly know my destiny,
to really know just who I am,
to understand what was for...

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Today is Easter morning and it’s different than the rest,
see, my brother and niece Katie are in from out of town-
I don’t see them often,...

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You have a pretty glow
A cloak of happiness
An aura of divinity

Seems like it happened overnight
With the grace of God
From little girl to elegant woman
In the...

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Tabatha Transcends

The rains in March came down;
And she thought that they would never cease.
She prayed with all her might;
For just a little peace.

The clouds remained...

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My Auntie                

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You do not stand alone in your Battle
Your battle is our Battle
We may not be there in body
But we are there with you in Spirit

We...

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I miss my Mama
She left me too soon
I still see her in dreams
And even then I wonder
"Mama, are you going to leave me again?"

Everything she...

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I have a place in my dreams 
Where only she and I can be 
And when we're there it seems 
She knows everything about me...

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I am God's child, first and forever
I am known by many different titles, a daughter
I am a wife
I am a mother
I am a grandmother
I am...

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