Family Tradition Poems

How was your year, folks out there
Feel thankful for what life bestows?
At dinner time say a prayer
For days of poetry and prose

Yam, turkey, cranberry and...

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Was it the kiss of the July morning sun,
That lit your face with so much glow,
Or the possibility of a meal in an unwary dove,
That...

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Mom said, “No sex before marriage,”
With rules she thought were quite sage.
But in her wedding shot,
I see a twist in the plot—
Was her vow just...

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Truly those days were fun,
Little children playing each,
With a fine decorated toy gun,
Life was serious yet catchy;
And we were easily convinced
‘ Sit back, I will...

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Our pot luck dinner starts with New Year’s Eve soup,
made of glass noodles, vegetables, shredded chicken
for long life. Five minutes before midnight, we pour
champagne for...

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Do you remember the way Christmas was,
when we gathered with our family and friends.
Cutting down a tree from out in the woods,
and hot chocolate never...

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Our Christmas plans are finalized…this year we will celebrate…
our Christmas not on Christmas…but December 28.

Our family has some Christmas traditions that when we blended together...

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It is a family tradition…age-old and time-worn…
the family comes together after a bay has been born.

In a solemn moment with the family gathered ‘round to...

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Mommy got pregnancy in hard,
Wait for me in proud,
Says I am child of Mohamed.

When heard that I cry,
I said, I am Husna Johari,
Name of mommy,
Not...

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In the chapel wherein Joe laid, his son stood, those final moments, needed.
A reflective image of one’s boyhood flooded through his mind, 
fourteen years he...

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A tradition that 

Brings love and joy to many 

As we remember  

Family and friends alike 

And so, we honor those dear....

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Treat your woman the , you would want someone to treat me
Show them Love, Respect, to be Honest and know the meaning of Loyalty

Put them...

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Held the hand of an elder
Whom ye passed by, and
Bring it towards thy forehead;
An apropos of respect!

Never questioned the face,
Never answered the light
Esteem them as...

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Thanksgiving has a tradition in my family of unity, 
a simple gathering of friends and family, of giving
to those in need and have nowhere to...

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We have a tradition in our family…it’s as old as the wind…I’m guessing…
When a baby enters our world…the eldest member gives this blessing.

With the entire...

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