Passion Parents Poems

COOKING UP OUR HISTORY

It’s surprising how food can change your whole life
Bringing people together like you and your wife
In your family gatherings there is food...

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It was at this point 11 o'clock 
At night. Damian Left Molly and 
Checked on the seven. Everybody 
Was fine. He returned to 
Business. Molly...

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If I had an IQ of 17, 
would this be normal?

My son, 
with cerebral palsy, 
no language capacity, no LeftBrain ability to read or write...

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*HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY*

To that blessed woman whose  belly we were formed 
To that beautiful soul whose blood and water we first fed on
That woman...

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My siblings complained I was far too imperious
    my folks thought my passion for sports deleterious

  Friends thought me mostly mysterious
...

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Song For My Father
       I do mean, my Almighty Father

The one really responsible 
for my birth.
Tis the reason, I...

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Reaching up toward open arms
A mama’s love can cure every hurt
Her twinkling eyes pierce the heart
With tenderness and silent warmth

A moment later, you’re waking up...

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Parenthood

Physical attraction leading to a one night stand
After not using protection missing that first period
Raging that he lied and told you he couldn’t have kids
Engaging...

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Keep waiting [lullaby essay] 

Prior to my expected appalling arrival
Accept a delay necessitating my survival
Recap all hopeful wishes
Evoke undying patience species
Nest and destroy negative feelings
Trust...

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Cut from the same cloth, certainly didn't apply
I'd lived twenty places, was born to improvise
You had one home, parents, sister, two nephews 
Persistance forced my...

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My mother and father,
taught me about power,

words and inspiration, 
courage, strength and passion,

wish it could be bottled,
because all are entitled,

dad gave me the forest,
mom-...

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So vivacious you are, 
Purifying and invigorating,
Changing, becoming bewildered, 
With despondent moods perplexing.

Stimulation to cry, urging sadness, 
A misunderstanding with confusion,
Encircling the shattered body where...

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Why do you two
Have to fight
In front of his pure eyes
He was oblivious
He thought it was the best kind of Passion
Love

But
The passion you have
Is nothing...

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To be a true and pure and faithful evangelically zealous fundamentalist,
whether of good faith religions
or bad faith hatreds of other cultures and races and genders,...

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When I am searching for a healthy leader,
a wise teacher,
a mature mentor,
I look for someone who knows from experience
when a family member dies
a cherished part...

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