Dedication Nonsense Poems

We shall go to the bookshop
With the vouchers we won
My daughter for her 
'reading on a skateboard'
Winning entry into a photo comp
And mine for filling...

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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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Filial Child 

Halfway to heaven, 
so thrilled to be saved.
My life, 
changed forever.
Filled with your spirit,
wrestles to serve. 

On fire…
in the night,
running through the streets,...

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Daily Lives

Quietly I walk into the room. 
You have been asleep for hours. 
You got home late, 
not for the first time,
not the last. 
Days...

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A Statement

When I was young, 
my Aunt burned her braw. 
She fought for rights, 
for me, and my daughter(s), 
that I had no idea, 
I...

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Not a Rat

If I had a cat, 
but I don't and won't, 
but I might still. 

If I had a cat...
I might, take flight, 
from...

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A Limp and Aspirins

I sit at the edge of the bed, 
my hip hurts, 
my back aches, 
and my legs are on fire. 
Not for...

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When Friends Are More

My mother, 
I wish to be disowned. 
My father, 
died. 
My step father… 
too dark. 
The rest, 
worthless people, 
that take. 

How...

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When Is

The answer to the question, 
unasked…
as I had no idea
it was presented.
People look on. 
Watchful.
Judgmental.
Estranged and naive.

You are friendly. 
You laugh. 
You are happy....

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Boxes of Hope

In the attic there is tensile. 
Bright and lovely, reflective pieces
of fluff to begin the journey. 

One, two, three,
a dozen cardboard containers. 
I...

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Unseen Needs

The angel watched the woman, 
filling up her purse, with leftovers…
usually thrown out at the end of 
the gathering. 
She was careful to make...

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Bread of Life

His name is known all over the world. 
Some cheer, some do not. 
All will bow in the end. 
It is written. 
It...

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The Ship

The sails were white, except the spinnaker. 
That was bright blue like the sky above. 
In the center was an eagle, wings spread, claws...

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Preparing

Six Indians, dead in the garden. 
They were made of iron, and lead. 
Parts of a set, which included military men…
on horses, with cannon and...

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A Million

If I played the lotto, 
Perhaps then I would win. 
You can not play, 
if you do not win?
Wait, that is … all wrong…...

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