Uncles who needs them'
I have left two uncles I hardly ever see them.' I had a lot
More.. yet in time God released them' sometimes the spoke
Good advice.? And sometimes not.' Maybe I thought who
Needs them? But i could choose to listen or ignore? I was
Back then not that seasoned.' So uncles can be usefull.?
I now think.? If i
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Categories:
uncles, allusion, appreciation, education, stress,
Form: Rhyme
No one Wants to Clean Uncles Garage
Uncle’s garage was full of junk that made us shout.
My nephews fought over who had to clean it out.
I’ll do it, his industrious grandniece said, don’t pout!
She found a mint 1934 Packard 12 worth money no doubt.
Now the squabbling and screaming was about to begin.
I think he left everything to me said his nephew Fin.
You
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Categories:
uncles, family,
Form: Rhyme
Chapter 3-- Damian Hakim: the Hakim Uncles Visit
Today October crisp fall afternoon
Damian incountered Papo and the
Diablo cousins after school.
Papo relates with
The familiar customary handshake.
"Hey Damian big man what's going
On?" Damian grinned, "Ain't nothing
Man, just chillin' juust chillin'."
So Damian were with the Diablos
Until CJ Julius and Jackson showed
Up. Damian punched Papo, "gotta go
Papo later." Papo accepted his
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Categories:
uncles, absence, allusion, corruption,
Form: Prose
Uncles Angels
Life is a long and a huge circle
Too many come and go people
My Mom’s same blood my uncles
In the Sky blessed all those angels
So for me and my family lovely uncles
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Categories:
uncles, family, relationship,
Form: Free verse
My Uncles' Hands Were Strong
My Uncles’ Hands Were Strong…
My uncles’ hands were strong:
fathering children they never had.
My uncles’ hands were strong;
yet gentle like the chiseled hands
of Michelangelo’s Pieta:
strong saintly shooting hands
that touched tender souls with gentleness
only undying love could give.
On their bent backs
rose a Siamese nation
of oppressors and the oppressed:
a Janus nation whose face reflected
mockery of its supposed
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Categories:
uncles, analogy, black african american,
Form: Prose Poetry
My Five Great Uncles That Went To the Jungle
My five great uncles went to the jungle while in the jungle they caught a new fungus. But they where looking for others to mingle with. They searched and found a girl named Nancy she was not at all fancy.She was chunky and smelled a little funky that's ok they still mingled with her any
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Categories:
uncles, adventure, art,
Form: Epitaph