Short Ancestry Poems

Her memories lost, she can't identify her family from the family albums....

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Bold stories mark skin
Ancestral markings scream fierce
Warriors inside
...

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Bio
Tree row.

Evolved 
So solved.

Created
Mated.

Process
Duress....

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genealogy

family tree treasure hunt—

come to your census





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12/9/2019...

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She is more than the eyes
you set upon her,
she is the fire in her veins...

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Homer,Chaucer, Shakespeare, Keats, Eliot
Soyinka, Okigbo, Osundare
Now me, recycling human ideas...

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Its true that your mum knew a cad
But no call for you to feel sad
For all said and done
It wasn't much fun
Someone had it in for your Dad...

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A chigger avoiding a scratch
Did not wait for larva to hatch
It found a new host
And quickly could boast,
"Our gedcoms are a perfect match!"...

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We must be colorblind,
Those who know say,

We must be race blind,
Those who know say,

No color to see,

No race to blame,

No mayhem,

No pain,

Insanity...

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                         Waves break at the seaside
                           ancestry screams in fury...
                            keep waste out of here!...

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Joe the lightning bear
Put on his nike air.
Ran he did, as fast he can,
Through the forest, of his ancestry land.
Frantic Joe didn't know where to go,
It's not his fault he didn't know....

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Me Ma, she came from Ireland,
Papa, he hailed from the Bronx
I claim to be bred and bairne
Sunday night in an Amazon box.

[LIND30UR 7-7-7-9]

written March 2, 2022...

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   Seems that all women are against sexual atrocities
     Only if - committed against women of non-Jewish ancestry

   Proof once again, the apple of antisemitism
     falls not far from its tree...

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Mama Mary taught me crochet
Pa Kemp taught me sure to respect her

Grandmother taught me how to cook foods that please
Grandfather, who was her protector

taught me things that.... 

I'm still learning....

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Gonna check out my ancestry, where I'm from
Perhaps from royalty or maybe from a bum
Who's wifey kicked him out
An upstanding dude I doubt
Should leave it alone, might dig up some scum...

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Ancestry opens up so much, self understanding.
The possibilities, hidden in our genes
sometimes make me feel so, 
Discombobulated. yet thrilled.
Especially when I find in my family tree;
a link to royalty!
...

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We share 98% of our genes with chimpanzees,
92% with mice, 44% with fruit flies and 26% with yeast.
We also share 18% of our genes with weeds.
This proves without a doubt scientifically
that all life here on earth share a common ancestry....

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To Trump's great delight
His parents were white
But just out of spite
Could researchers cite
An African knight
Where DNA might
Age milky white
To make it alright
For Blood-Quantum white
Or would that incite 
A flight or fight plight?...

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Tattooed
Human canvas
Body art
Permanently
Displayed
Symbolic
Messaging
In color
Proud history
Tribal ancestry
Marked
For life
For good
Worn with pride
True to self



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on February 11, 2019...

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a pleiades

Kindred means you're related;
kinfolk share an ancestry.
Kissin’ cousins can connect,
keep in touch with family,
kidding around just for fun.
Kindness respects privacy.
Kith and kin should share spirits.
 
October 21, 2020...

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nternet discovery
Ancestral roots
Genealogy
How times have changed
for those who care
Discovery!

It's likely there
if one is deceased
Then comes alive
In hyperspace
To survive

So build a chart,
a family tree
We all have it
ANCESTRY...

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Meat,
Vegetables,
Sweet corn,
Onion,
Garlic,
Salt, 
Green peas and
Cabbage 
to make mixed rice.
Other ingredients would also add some spice.
What better way 
to portray
the history
of our ancestry?
This is the delicacy of US
We are SU....

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Have I been given longevity for a special reason?
Is there something this old man still must do?
 
          Or, am I the product of good ancestry and genes?
          When I discover the answer, I’ll share it with you.

written January 24, 2022...

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If a fire broke out I would save my ancestry tree, wallet for Id, pictures of family indeed, birth certificate and deeds things that are personal to me, then family mementoes which are sentimental and what I really want and need is my Cadillac and its keys....

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A-n attempt to classify people, 
N-ot according to nationality; 
A-ll about the ancestry instead, where there is commonality. 

E-arly morn February fifth, 
L-anguage is similar within; 
I-nherited status based on society 
C-omes from ethnic 
O-rigin....

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