Mother Prose Poems

       
  I don't have a common last name
   (inherited from my
  father), but I'm...

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I love women who gracefully dance
And sweetly sing; and women who 
Avidly read and who brilliantly think;
I love women who love to love—

And who despise...

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The ocean is a wild beast that I approach cautiously.
I submit to its undertow. It makes me laugh expansively.
I dive in, never turn my back,...

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The shipwreck had left Sam a bit delirious.
He had been floating in the ocean on a board for days.
The sky opened and he saw a...

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Everyone loves a new mother.
We give her pampering gifts.
Send her carnations and roses.
Promise her candles, warm baths, chocolates.
Tromp into the hospital bearing onesies with cute...

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Shirley had never attempted an entire quilt by herself before.
But her mother was dying, and she wanted to show her she could.
Her mother was thrilled...

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It's always Aldi on a Sunday afternoon.  You're always waiting with your shopping bags in hand, slowly trudging along with your walking stick. ...

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Create in  me a pure heart O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from your presence or take...

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April 3,  2051

Dolly speculated about home, "the kids."
And decided Skype contact before
The dawn of day. Next day early morning.
Dolly was thinking, "this turned out...

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her energy was going fast
there were too many have tos in her life
not enough get tos
I want to have joy, she told her mother

her mother...

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The Angelic choir of Journey Fight welcomed our Uncle Bo. The sun was warm, the atmosphere was brisk, and the wind brought chills down my...

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Don’t sing so loudly! Jimmy told his little sister.
Don’t tell me what to do! She said, sassing him a bit.
She always wanted attention, it was...

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I am running away the four-year-old told his parents.
Take some clothes, his father urged him.
Better take your piggy bank, said his sister.
Would you like a...

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The woman in the next booth was gorgeous
Ronnie started to introduce himself
Then he saw the cigarette
His mother had been a smoker

He could not abide the...

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A young warlock was sent to a kingdom to live with the court physician. The court physician was meant to guide him in the art...

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