Mom Rispetto Poems

Holding back tears, mom tells me we need to talk,
and I hear the anxiety in her voice.
I catch her nervously glancing at the clock,
as she...

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As Jack Frost feathers the outside windowpane,
my silly kitty tries to scratch through the ice.
Although the glass looks like crinkled cellophane,
stop wasting your time, silly...

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Our Beloved Teacher
( Sonnetina Rispetto) 


Torch of knowledge from you we take
You hold our hands for our dreams sake
Values and love we emulate
Like dad and...

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Sweetheart, a cerebral woman I respect
Enchanted by her month when all life awakes
Smiles from childhood lovingly resurrect
Morning dew, tulip scent, warm days, birthday cake

Italian squeaked...

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I had lost you in my head, n day by day went without u,
I had it all n to myself, big, and all of the...

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Observe the ones who bear Christ's name,
see corpus Christi without shame.
They're His, aflame and all forgiv'n;
the church at work and Spirit driv'n.

Survey the hands that...

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( The poem is in a new literary form called Sonnetina Rispetto, originally a Tuscan folk 
song of the 14th Century. This is new version...

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