Relatives Poems - Poems about Relatives

Relatives relatives should be closest friends but many become enemies in the end ...

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a numinous mist spied by the young ones unseen by parents forming in the dining room above great-great-grandma Rutherford’s claw foot oak table supernatural magic, kept in secret compartments by the young...

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money-grubbing relatives oozed out of the woodwork and the shadows of greed when Josephine’s death was announced distant cousins she had not seen for centuries demanded to know if she had left them anything their audacity was irritating to those close to her who had been taking care of her for years before the end....

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We find deep inside ourselves The traits of ancestors therein dwells Grandpa’s eyes, our Mom’s hair Our stature from … who knows where? What we claim as thought process We may be forced to re-address Twas Grandpa Lee that caused, you see, Our newer minds to think like he. Our gait, as we walk around Has origins in history bound Great-aunt Edna, strolled about With identical...

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Religion the bullet that loads in your gun Projecting its damage belief zero-sum Exclusion delusion its sights center mass To kill nonbelievers the infidel class (The New Room: December, 2023) ...

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Shelly’s family was full of claircognizant relatives. Some were clairaudient; they could hear spirit. Shelly did not know that was abnormal. She had been doing that since she was two. It was her “normal”. Her grandmother Ida was a clairvoyant. She could see things others could not see. Shelly’s mother was clairsentience. Strong intuitive feelings aided her in reading a room. She felt danger...

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eventually we"re all cousins calls for kindness...

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Jesay Meray rishta daar Hain Khuda aisay Kisi ko na day Jesay Meray dost ahbab Hain Khuda aisay Kisi ko na day Jesay Meray neighbour Hain Khuda aisay Kisi ko na day Jesay Meray dushman Hain Khuda aisay Kisi ko na day.......

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She was turning eighty so I sent in the birds with a word. The happy birthday singers, whose trills were absurd. They outsang her relatives, they outsang the bee. They outsang her husband, but they could not outsing me....

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Are you highly offended? You can go to hell. I am coming as well....

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What percent of lightning strike victims survive? How many remain alive? The relatives began to bet, argue and gripe. The grands were so angry, gram called grandpa a louse. She finally threw the poor man out of her house. She had guessed fifty percent, he had guessed four. The next thing we knew, she had pushed him clean out the door. We...

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When I shun people easily at will When relatives and friends get alienated When finding time for others is no priority When dropping schedules no longer matter When not keeping standards don’t mean a thing When attention span has lost its stretch When listening to others is no longer wholesome When others views and...

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Some day when I am living far, far away I am looking down on this planet so grim, Thinking how so few of us are here today In my fantasy world all frivolity and whim, Wondering what happened to all my kin My! I should have kept better track of them. Even those of my kith who were thin skin Took offense...

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Your wealth could work against you When those around you are there for it Your early death is of inordinate benefit They then serve to facilitate the ending Those around are usually partners In a life where one lives in communities Siblings, relatives & partners stay around Especially when the body gets weak with age When those around fail to...

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Today I feel a furious intensity About two years, ago Family members would always love to share The news about the passing of someone Either from the village, or someone, I once knew I remember during our conversations; I would tense up And asked of them not to called and give me bad news Death is a daily reminder, right up there on...

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