Family Prose Poetry Poems

Eight years ago, I was inspired by Black History Month
to write these few lines as my contribution. The longings
and aspirations of any people demand that...

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I am a thinker of sorts;
One that is rather selective.
I tend to bore unusually easily;
Perhaps I am mildly restless.
I am okay with challenges,
But even blatant...

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“I thought about the former days, the years of long ago.” Psalms 77:5 NIV

If you saw something beautiful in a people, a place, a thing;
If...

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Dia de Los Muertos
Day of the Dead
Originated by Aztecs
Celebrated in Mexico and Philippines

Aztecs called it Miccaihuitl
Catholics call it All Saints Day and All Souls Day
I...

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Sweet corn has been harvested, garden picked clean
Breezy mornings now, ruffling the cat’s fur
Front porch stocked with pumpkins and gourds
School is starting, new clothes are...

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In a far off place in a cold cold land there lived a man called Mr. Mack. The place he lived in was called Kirkland...

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Peanuts slowly slid between the old man's fingers as he watched.
Unaware, his long time patrons smiled and greeted him as they passed.
The music stopping abruptly,
he...

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"That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed." Romans 15:32 of the King James...

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I Care I Search.
So many years had separated us.
I felt a sense of accomplishment
when I visited the church that I and
My family attended when I...

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you have to collaborate
you are a team
a family
you must work together

I cannot work with him! a fourth-grader yelps.
Or her or him or them or you...

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Helga was from a small town – Sandwich Illinois
It used to have seven thousand people
It was down to five thousand now
She thought she knew most...

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(This is all just my opinion,
what I glean from the internet,
Mainstream News, and my imagination – 
do your own research.  If there is any
truth...

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Politely stood 
with feet together 
and socks not up
resigned and ready 
the boy awaits 
as towards him sails
coos and quivers
powered cheeks
and bright red lips
gently lifted...

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As I sat at the table in the cafeteria I was eager to feast on the food staring at me. I was oblivious to anyone...

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My wife and I enter a restaurant across the street from the airport, our kids in tow. There is quite a crowd with little room...

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