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Rooster Socks Parental Prayer
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Carol Connell
| Free verse |
child, growing up, parents,
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This Old House
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Wren Rushing
| Rhyme |
home, house, memory, parents,
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Utmost Compassion and Care
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Gershon Wolf
| Rhyme |
care, children, education, parents,
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Never be Afraid
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Jazzy Melnyk
| I do not know? |
confidence, parents,
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My Bubbies
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Eric Schojan
| Lyric |
father, father son, parents,
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Say goodbye to Mom
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Vijay Pandit
| Free verse |
angst, child, divorce, parents,
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DREAMS OF THE PARENT
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Jim Yerman
| Verse |
dream, parents,
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Womb Full Of Stars
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Bernard Chan
| Free verse |
parents, baby, blessing, future, growing
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Learning Sanctuary v Education Industry
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
parents, child abuse, childhood, education,
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Houseleek
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Brianna Hobson
| Free verse |
parents, children, conflict, family, leaving,
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What If Destiny
by matthew harris
What If Destiny...
Deeded Mine Singular Default Mode To...
Communicate (temporarily,
strictly and hypothetically)
merely allowing me to...
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Elegy |
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Categories:
parents, 12th grade, absence, betrayal,
Brainstorm Colors
by CayCay Jennings
Waking, she inspects the color under her sweater
and sighs that vague orange is still wearing her.
Orange can’t be her friend until it reveals its core.
While...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
parents, abuse, angst, betrayal, color,
Why Ask Why
by Gerald Dillenbeck
Mommy,
why do we need Presidential Alerts
right now
before I've finished my ice-cream dessert?
Because he's a scary guy
my son.
Why is he so scary?
Because he's a bully against...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
parents, bullying, caregiving, childhood, earth,
Nurtured
by Lisle Ryder
I well remember things my father said;
the way he showed me how to read a chart;
he'd hold my shoulders back to stand erect;
the tales he...
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Sonnet |
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Categories:
father, mother, parents,
The Perpetual Beginner Poet
by Gerald Dillenbeck
This may come as large surprise,
but I did once take a beginner's poetry class
which I often confuse with my beginner parenting class.
In which we learned...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
beauty, health, parents, poetry,
Times InBetween
by Gerald Dillenbeck
I seem to remember
a golden post-toddler childhood
in which each day was a journey
ecstatically timeless,
yet within bookends
of coral dawn
and bruised dusk,
between waking from true timeless sleep
and...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
parents, age, childhood, earth, love,
Waiting
by Rachel Schlichting
Every day, I sit at my window, waiting
I’ve stayed for you-
I will stay until you come home
And every time, you do
Every time, I jump into...
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Sestina |
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Categories:
parents, child, i miss you,
My Voice
by Rachel Schlichting
Putting on an outsiders mask,
Someone tailored a casque
To hide me away
To keep me from straying
Too far.
I have to remain on their radar,
They uphold me...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
parents, angst, anxiety, conflict, confusion,
A Mother's Wait
by Oshit Kul Ratan
Her eyes waited so long now its down for forever
Once he was her’s light and now reason of darkness
Once he was the one she lived...
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Categories:
old, parents, woman, women,
Mysterious Child
by Nina Parmenter
Entirely made of us, yet somehow not
a part of us, how can you even be?
Why can’t we feel your thoughts and dreams, and what
are you...
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Sonnet |
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parents, beautiful, child, love, mother,
if it wasn't for me
by Tigerlily Swanson
so last night dad had a go at me, he never physically does anything to me but its his words that hurt. i wrote this...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
abuse, depression, parents,
Shout Out to Mister Rogers
by Mark Toney
Fifty-one years ago, today, on September 21, 1967, Kindness appeared in the form of Fred McFeely Rogers, with his neighborhood of make-believe. We allowed...
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Haibun |
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Categories:
parents, children, education, encouraging, inspiration,
Parents Set The Tone
by Caren Krutsinger
Shirt says runs with scissors
Hat says shut up woman
First day of kindergarten
Parents have already set the tone
Child knows swear words
Uses them proudly
Anticipating loud laughter
Crestfallen...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
parents, school,
How's an Angel Supposed to Learn to Fly
by M.P. Shaudd
Not all Angels
Need to spread their wings and fly
Some are sent here to be loved
For way too short a time
We don't blame Jesus
But we...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
parents, cancer, deep, fear, inspirational,
A visit with my mother
by Paul Nairne
A visit with my mother..
(She is frai now..almost fragile to the touch as I hold her,She stares out into the harbor,way beyond the harbor, mind...
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Prose |
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Categories:
parents, dedication, emotions, encouraging, mom,
Our only son
by Mustafa Seker
(Son) Father, mother, time has come,
I’ll go out while I’m still young,
To venture out and see creation,
And wander through every nation.
(Father) Silly boy, don’t you...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
parents, age, dark, death, humor,
Finding together
by Frankii Fame
I'm thinking of you, daughter
Of how our life was then
And how it became torn
I wanted to protect your eyes
From faulty human ways
In doing so, my...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
parents, abuse, anger, child, emotions,
Raising Cain
by Rico Leffanta
One always sees a familiar face
At every international place
So many believe
That Adam & Eve
Were Mum & Dad to the whole human race
Well, now you know...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
parents, bible, brother, father, international,
And Then There Are Two
by Bernard Chan
So here we are.
Together again.
I won’t ask you how the years have treated you.
I know.
I remember that moment those years ago,
how your breath caught at...
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Prose Poetry |
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Categories:
parents, change, child, growing up,
Big Lies Rile Mama
by Caren Krutsinger
Confused
Incensed
Riled
Mama
Hears only daughter who often lies
Believing tall tales with big faith
...
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Tyburn |
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Categories:
parents,