A Busy Mom
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Every day is Mother’s Day
we clean, we cook, we sew,
costumes, for kids dress up play
then out to sport we go.
Cricket, swimming, basketball,
gymnastics, ballet too,
soothe away their tummy a...
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Categories:
sleepovers, children, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Now She Can Rest
...At the rise of the sun,
Her day had started.
Comforting kisses to her creation,
Progressing to the changing place.
Her lullabies like the ocean,
Bedtime stories are her meditation...
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Categories:
sleepovers, 10th grade, birth,
Form: Free verse
No burial, just a lousy cremation
... No burial
When I died, my family didn’t dare bury me in a grave.
They knew, without a doubt, I'd only misbehave ~
that I'd party with the germs,
and have sleepovers with the wor...
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Categories:
sleepovers, death, grave, humor, silly,
Form: Light Verse
Us Again
...Oh, I want to go back
To when forever was possible
When I was still falling asleep on your couch
When our only fears were of monsters in the dark
When we would get so mad at our parents for not ...
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Categories:
sleepovers, childhood, first love, growing
Form: Free verse
Jealous
...When i was 5 i couldn't have sleepovers
I was so jealous of the older girls who could
When i was 6 I couldn't wear makeup
I was so jealous of the older girls who could
When i was 7 I couldn't h...
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Categories:
sleepovers, 9th grade, age, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
A World Of Magic
...In the tapestry of life, needles and threads of gold,
With each sewing motion, a dream takes hold.
Brave and bold,
Each stitch is controlled.
The dawn brings a sweet dew,
As the mist plays p...
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Categories:
sleepovers, beauty, childhood, happiness, innocence,
Form: Rhyme
lulls
...It was 64ºf and overcast this morning when Lisa and I started our 5-mile jog to the Harbor and back. We always start our semesters this way. We’re emotionally ready for fall weather and hopefully, a ...
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Categories:
sleepovers, friendship, humor, morning, school,
Form: Free verse
Con-events
...This just in from our local news team:
A nun was detained by two students after class and forced
to drink a dry martini.
The students, John Peterson and Shirley Kemper
(who wish to...
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Categories:
sleepovers, drink, giggle, humor, sister,
Form: Free verse
almost showed off
...(There’s a song for this: ‘Confessions’ by Sudan Archives)
I remember it like it was yesterday (it was yesterday).
I arrived on a cool (42°f), blindingly sunny New Haven afternoon. It was as if...
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Categories:
sleepovers, home, humor, student, travel,
Form: Free verse
Let's go back
...Let’s go back to that.
Telling stories,
teaching each other
how to play a guitar,
showing tricks
and playing games.
Sleepovers,
makeovers,
dancing and baking.
Building forts,
picking fl...
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Categories:
sleepovers, memory,
Form: Free verse
Final goodbye
...In our hug
My body shakes
As it strikes me
That this is the last.
This is goodbye.
No sleepovers
That fill the house
With endless screeching,
Inside jokes and continuous laughter.
No h...
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Categories:
sleepovers, emotions, family, feelings, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Perfect Mother
...Family
Is all I ever wanted, really
When I grew up, a mom I was gonna be
A good one, not like my mom was to me
For years, I dreamt of bonding by talking
Heart-to-hearts, from when they'd be wal...
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Categories:
sleepovers, childhood, deep, family, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Castles of Sand
...Childhood memories--a magical land,
Building dreams amid castles of sand.
Sleepovers underneath starry skies,
Ghost stories, popsicles, blueberry pies!
We never paused to regard our delight;
The...
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Categories:
sleepovers, change, childhood, freedom, friendship,
Form: Couplet
The Neighborhood Kid
...His eyes glitter with
dreams and hopes of a
day that may be of some ways to go
the two kids under the makeshift tent
planning the next adventure,
the next journey
it was just a blanket covering...
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Categories:
sleepovers, childhood, chocolate, dream, film,
Form: Free verse
Am I Afraid of Real Love
...Am I Afraid of Real Love?
Butterflies fluttering in your stomach
The continuous smile that never seems to fade
Or the pure joy that exhumes every aspect of your life and mind
That little extra ...
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Categories:
sleepovers, growth, happiness, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
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