Traditions Poems

Blood and Traditions

Blood is thicker than water

Floods are quicker with rain

Some flow liquor from bottles

Most know liquor means pain

Peace is better than war

Lease is better than rent

Some have piggy's that's swollen

Most have piggy's that's spent

Grease ain't faster than lightning 

Peace is hoping for war

Some don't care about conflict

Most don't know what it's for

TRADITIONS CHANGE AGAIN

I took our annual Christmas family portrait yesterday…
as usual it was a time of jubilation…
and once again I noticed we’re a family
in a state of transformation.

We’ve all grown another year older
but it really is much more…
for none of us are the exact same person 
we were the year before…

School and jobs and life in general
alter

My Truths

                        In the written word I trust.
            It is my yard stick and my mirror...
And I will not follow the traditions

FORGOTTEN TRADITIONS

What happened to storytelling
The late-night gatherings
Around flames where stories of old
Were being told?

What happened to those folk songs
Tales of the tortoise and the spider
That taught young folks important lessons
Of the art of war and manhood?

What happened to the Poroh, the Ojeh
The "Sandeh," the "Tittilegbeh"—
Schools for young girls
Where the art of womanhood was taught?

How can this

Jot And Tittle

I had to trade another jot,
I had to sell a tittle.
I had to cuz they told me that
I had to give a little.

I had to sit and wonder at
the setting of the sun,
what giving just a little costs
when all is said and done.

Traditions, Our Way of Life: Counts

Love contests in quantities, like numbers,
game of chance for romance by the numbers,

You and you, pick one or two, left first choose,
then right follows through ... awake the numbers,

if I was you, don't let romance wait too,
go ahead, awaken the dead ... numbers,

At last, the dead have passed, now let's see who?
Romance counts true ...

Spirit of Christmastide

Spirit of Christmastide
Beneath the mantel's alabaster gleam
Where verdigris flames pirouette 
     in cerulean ballet's beam...
We gather close—a familial love—
In hallowed halls where chimes of 
     crystal laughter stream.
Amid the yuletide glow where 
memories take flight 
a morning dove...

Cinnamon-kissed balsam and spiced gingerbread 
scent fills the air
A chorus

THANKFUL FOR TRADITIONS AND CHANGE

Today I’m thankful for traditions and though it may sound strange…
I’m also thankful for the way traditions can grow and change

It was Socrates…a Greek philosopher who said…
long before there was a me and you….

The secret to change is to focus all your energy
not on fighting the old
but on building the new.

CHANGING THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS

Once upon a time there was a family…I imagine many of you can relate…
whose traditions on the holidays…they love to recreate.

Who would eat Thanksgiving dinner with all the family gathered nigh…
turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce…their desert…a pumpkin pie.

And sometime in the evening, after all the dishes have been cleared
It is time for PopPop to

Tradition Marriage

People married by chain, other married by rings,
Married by bride price, other agreed each other,
Boys paid on it, some girls paid on it.

Partners who are some, other share the tribe,
Choose who are rich, other choose who are white,
Choose their own partners, other are being chosen.

Celebrate all members, other are being divided,
Live to their husbands, other

Traditions

"Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."
He answered and said to them, "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?
Matthew 15: 2-3


Traditions of some people and the commandments
 of God 
In life , many people hate

Travel

Travel

Zip-zip-zip the suitcases go
And we all pile into the car, ready to start the show 
It’s that time of year
When my family and I travel to far away places full of cheer

Spellbound with giddiness I am
Ready to cross the border into a foreign land
Beep-beep-beep the metal detector sounds
With each techno ring I hear, in serendipity

Traditions

Big Chief Red Cloud
Man of no little fame
Advising the Paleface
How a child got its name.
It is given by a mother
From the first thing they see
After giving birth and 
First leaving their teepee 

For my own mother
What caught her eye
Was a beautiful sunset
And the colour of the sky

Over there Is my daughter
Little White Fawn
From a deer

Challenging Chefs

high marrangle peaks
baked to toasty perfection – 
fresh aquafaba

Screw Etiquette

Today is an American folk event 
Unraveled by traditions and etiquette 
Vixens ask men on a date
Women hoping to find a mate
Sadie Hawkins Day we celebrate

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