Mom Night Poems

Crossing plains
Dressing the part
All in white
Golden halo
Wings spread apart
Flying high now
High now
Flying high

Dressed in style
Ready for the party
Tonight 
Tonight’s toasting me
Resting in peace

Come fly high...

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I’m not too smart
My brother’s dumber
We lie awake
We cannot slumber
Beneath the sheets
We built creatures
With multi-colored
Monster features
They stare at us
We dare not touch’em
We’ll scream and wait
for...

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There she was, silenced; in the hush of the night,
By nature's decree and the will of the almighty divine's right.
Upon the pyre, her form ablaze,...

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I remember when I was a young boy…if I was scared
or if I was asleep and woke up with a fright…
my mom would snuggle in...

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The Christmas night a long time ago was freezing cold, 
a six year old he couldn’t keep the excitement on hold, 
for the lovely gifts...

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It’s Friday night and a group of us, the ‘university summer fellows’ (Quinn, Jammie, Monique, Lisa and I) are going groovin’. Quinn, a Harvard man...

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The Greasy Saddle Resturant and Night Club!
I blushed as I conceeded: she wished to name her nightclub "The Greasey Saddle". I had been seduced and...

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Tired babysitter thought she’d have some Post Toasty cereal.
The milk knocked her flat, she fell asleep in their papa’s chair.
When parents came home, they called...

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Father had ills
couldn't even get up
not even eat
spoke properly
didn't go to the bathroom
She took care of him at home
for many years
without complaint
setting the dining table...

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A meeting of two moms can be a wonderful thing a meeting of two minds is a beautiful thing…

Shortly after we moved into our new...

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Mom’s Night Before Christmas

T’was the night before Christmas
Downtown stores they were packed
Shoppers looking for deals
Bargains bound to attract.

My mother navigated crowded streets with care
She put...

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(a rhyme revision in stanza 9 in case the sponsor already read this.)

'Twas the night before Christmas. My shopping was done.
But gifts needed wrapping, and...

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Twas the night before Christmas that was freezing cold 
As a seven year old I couldn’t keep excitement on the hold 
For I knew for...

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In a celebration of death and fright,
goblins gather under the pale moonlight.
And Jack-o-lanterns bathed in candlelight
will morph into orange gargoyles tonight.
While vampires and witches, masters...

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 "(I carry you with me) where I go you go."

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