Short Sibs Poems

spotlight on prayer
the holy spirit enters
emotive huddle
as the sanctuary fades
sibs knit together in Christ

12/6/2021...

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A thank you note.
It’s all we need.
It never came.
An awful deed.

It would not be fair
To punish the sibs
For one small mistake
By a fellow dibs.

A thank you note
It’s all we need.
It never came
An awful deed....

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rampant and deadly
eating up the red blood cells,
leukaemia on course,
Fatigue,pain,profuse sweating,
uncontrollable symptoms.

It has many sibs
all with pure killer instincts,
one attacks prostate,
others the breast,skin and brain,
scientists in prolonged battle.


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The crowd was hushed and waiting
For wishes to resume
When suddenly there was
Another poet in the room.

When words might be expected,
My friends would all assume
That rhyming thoughts would come
From me, the poet in the room.

These folks were not my homies;
My sibs were there, though, whom
Would surely have expected
Me to rhyme into the room.

I had no poem I'd written,
No words with nom de plume,
But how I wished I'd been
The only poet in the room....

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It’s Siblings Day for those of us
Attached by blood to others,
Relationships important as
The ones to dads or mothers.

Our sibs may be supportive
And a key to our survival
Or possibly competitive,
The classic “sibling rival.”

We might be close while growing up
And drift as we get older
Or bond as age encroaches
And we seek a lean-on shoulder.

But whether we’re in contact
Or are lacking in affection,
Our circumstance of birth provides
A permanent connection....

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