Twin Sister Poems

J.J. sat quietly in the library,
Thumbing through a stack of books, looking quite contrary—
Jack Be Nimble, Jack Sprat, Little Jack Horner, and Jack and Jill,
Sifting...

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When an ordinary Mister met his Mrs., how he kissed her,
Unaware, his bride’s twin sister was, in fact, a wicked witch.
Shame on her for not...

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Time bracketed between initial birthday and present birthdate

October seventeenth
nineteen hundred sixty one 
and October seventeenth
two thousand twenty four
represents, signals,
and traces sixty three orbitz
completed round the...

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Mendy and Nancy are twin sisters
With slight difference at each other
Mendy is quite dark and taller
Nancy is white and height’s shorter
They share things and toys...

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Birthdays were always shared.
Two cakes sat mid-table, 
‘Happy Birthday’ was sung
with two names instead of one. 
I did not like being a twin, 
having a...

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Gemini
the twins
mercurial
creative
wildly enthusiastic
my identical twin and I
both dancing to our own flutes
born in May
living up to our star sign
in opposite directions...

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Sisters in looks only, but they shared a laugh.
It was witch-like, head-thrown-back, quite a gaff.
Their husbands did not see their twinship much anymore.
One lived in...

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I see the closet door and I hear the theme song to Shark.
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
The one they used to play...

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One year Passed Dolly had long 
Since given birth to a baby girl
Named Desharah, a green eyed
Heart stopper. She and 
Amadeus were growing up 
Crazy...

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I have rose gold hair my sister said.
What color is that? I asked. Is it red?
I was hoping it was not, for she is my...

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tell me how you feel inside. 
because time is silent again. 
and you need to let go. 
let go of a past that does not...

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To say my twin sister Carolyn is lucky is an understatement.
She had a broken C-2 that had to be fixed.
Dr. Kawakaki from Iowa City put...

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My twin sister Carolyn is wildly creative.
She has made me a Lucille Ball purse.
It is fabulous; I love it!

There is a cartoon montage of Lucy...

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a text
2 a.m.
Are you awake?
A sister can do this
A twin...

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Fame and fortune
     she did not seek

   For she was humble
     she stayed meek

 ...

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