Parents Sonnet Poems

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The Stages Set for Grief

"What you sow, I reap --
after I fu*k it over."
-- a grossly obese Grim Reaper
yet of an appetite
greedy

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Mary Jo

Mary Jo, where are you now? Dusty bones in a cemetery?
A dashing man drove you through the night, over a bridge
that wasn’t there, into...

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My ever dearest siblings,
 
Through this sonnet, allow me to express my love for you, Brods and Sis, emanating from the Lord, exemplified by our...

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Happy Mealtime

"From time to time, children mature into liars and cheats --
or even parents."
-- a poet-philosopher
childless,
as well as diaper free

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~ You  Are  Precious  ~
 ( Sonnet )


~O~


In His eyes you are always precious you know. 
God made you unique in every...

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Everyone remembers it -
the little ones, that first day there;
for parents, that place where
the kids come out, and people chat.

Teachers too look back - that...

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These words were written by a pearl with craft
A child went to Egypt with no quiver
The land of idolatry and witchcraft 
To find a sole...

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None rankle me like a parent so blind,
  he or she that see what they choose to see.
O readers, I beg of that rudest...

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We had moved six times in my seven years
Always some apprehension on my part
At this new school, red-necked bullies to fear
Only I did not know...

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Living in my little world
That cannot be illustrated by word
I didn't choose myself neither did you
Who should be blamed my parents or who

At sunrise I...

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The orchard

It was a beautiful apple tree with low hanging fruit
shaped by a gardener whose parents had been Jehovah witnesses 
(His parents didn´t believe in...

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There was a time long ago when I felt inferior
For we didn’t have the niceties when I was a lad,
Our home was furnished of the...

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I am a Winter child so I love snow,
it is a delight to walk with snowflakes;
I like it when the snow will dance and...

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Written By:  D. Collins 12/3/21


Brain cells are the cause of the stuff we're in.
Where obvious individuals don't get treatment.
The true instigators are now on...

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She, like a pink Garnet or rubies, has attracted me,
Her, as my playmate of childhood, all around I could see;
Amid dahlia, daisy, cosmos, crocus, phlox,...

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