Family Wedding Poems

A Big World, A Small Place

Frogs in a small pound, 
battle over flies.
The competition is intense.
Sometimes there are not 
enough flies to go around. 

Leaving...

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24 Days of Praise

Thankful for the day, 
In every way, 
I bow my head, 
and bend my knee. 

My family is fed. 
No one is...

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7 Lies

We are friends.
One.
We are the same.
Two.
My family likes you.
Three.
We can hang out.
Four.

Stop…

Do you even know what a lie is?
Do you have any idea, 
what...

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He Will

Be back soon. 
That is what he said. 

Don’t worry, it is just a phase. 
That is what his family chimed, 
nearly sang. 

He...

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Holy Night

My dearest friend, 
I know we believe in the same God. 
He loves you, and your family. 
He loves me and mine. 
Let us...

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The Making of Cookies

The lost art of putting, 
flower, sugar, vanilla,
and cream together.
More than small cakes, 
a distance…
far past “home made”, 
to the sheer land...

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Our Christmas Wreath

At the door there is a big ring. 
It is made of pine and has several cones. 
There is one for each member...

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In Town

My skin crawls. 
I know he is here, near.
I can tell, and I want to yell.
But I do not. 
I never will again. 
I...

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Butterfly, My Love

You have hair like golden silk. 
You laugh like clear water running over stones. 
Your eyes, they are the color of the sky,...

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All Stand

Here comes the President, of Our land, Our Nation. 
He is tall and smart, and speaks from the heart. 
Not always nicely. 
Not everyone...

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Bread of Life

His name is known all over the world. 
Some cheer, some do not. 
All will bow in the end. 
It is written. 
It...

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The Restaurant 
(55+ )

Crows eyes and acorn feet, 
What will I look like, 
When I get old?
When will that be?

Kindergarten ABC’s, 
Elementary 123’s, 
High (School)...

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Thank You, on one knee

I fall before you, first thing. 
Otherwise, why get up?
The world has turned to mush. 
Upside down cake that burned.
Too long...

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The First Lady

Classy. 
Yes she is.
Breathtaking too. 
No question. 
Powerful, intelligent, smart, funny, and more.
Everything we could ask for.

Speaks several languages, 
Knows how to dress.
Represents...

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The Song of Silent Rage

The car was not empty. 
There were women, 
there were children,… small children.
None, could hurt anyone…as they were soft and tore...

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The Punchbowl

Twelve cups, prominently placed around the lovely, antique bowl.
A graceful and elegant occasion set. 
A celebration of birth, life, wedding, anniversary, death and heaven....

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Christmas Cookies Cut like Ice

You brought presents for the kids. 
They hesitated at the door, I watched. 
I had to ask myself, why?
I could not...

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Hand Made Things

Small things made my ready hands, giving of themselves and their time. 
Time; their very lives, a measured existence between birth, life and...

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Merry Christmas to You

God Bless “YOU”. 
I want to sing, I want to shout, I want to laugh happily out loud. 
My King, Your King,...

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Singer

My grandmother’s sewing machine, 
waits for me…in the closet. 
I am not afraid, I am concerned. 
It has been a long time since I have...

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