Mother Rictameter Poems

"Life can get in the way of life. Make sure you stir in lots of love and happiness." 
By Poet

My life
recipe for
a long and happy...

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“Father Sun is continually rambling and by doing so defines the night.” ~ by poet

Rambling
cosmic thoughts of
Mother Moon, Father Sun,
many of which I pen to...

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Nature's
verdigris face
beams at waterfalls touch
evergreens drink a hearty fill
moss is abundant upon the limestone;
I sit dangling my feet in the
cool aqua-watching swans
glide lazily
along.

a taste
of springtime...

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Again
with snow on me
I awake from my sleep
the warmth from the big yellow sun
brings pretty flowers peeking their heads out
birds start to sing joy to...

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The wind
comes in at night,
bringing with it new ghosts
but I'm wrapped tight in mother's quilt, 
each painstaken swatch stitched by her own hand
She sings a...

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rictameter

Birthdate
should be special
especially if...
the day occurs in December.
Four days following the Christmas frenzy
our five-year old WILL celebrate
along with his mama
their December
birthdate.

December 9, 2019
IP-028...

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Eighteen
Beautiful day
May 1970
My high school graduation day
I could be a nurse mother or teacher
Our caps and gowns were red and gold
Small town Iowa kids
So excited
Eighteen


Written:...

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Autumn
Trees bare of leaves
Woods aflame with color
The spectre of winter draws near
Mother Earth steadily growing older
White pelicans migrating south
Flower petals start to wilt
Soothing cool breeze
Autumn



Date...

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Autumn
                a chilling wave
      ...

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Mother
                        ...

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mornings
sometimes, too soon
come, thank God for hope (blood)
that part of my day I take Home
planet holds wonders, dark ambitions, too
could we forget the abused child?
the...

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LAURELS TO GREEN.


Mum has prepared an avacado jam,
green tints in chroma highlight the campus,
a stoll dyed in artichoke green is on my shoulder,
gala time with...

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Petty
particle of
Dust enters a cauldron
Of light and a great star is born.
Petty seeded gravel enters
A shell and outcome is
we are endowed
with pearl.

Mother
butterfly lays eggs
out pops...

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Women! 
Today's women! 
Demand equality, 
Declining to hide calibers 
Behind the mask of orthodoxy now; 
They are crossing the boundaries 
Drawn irrationally: 
They're born to...

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