Mom Wisdom Poems

My first enemy was one I should have loved
He claimed that he loved me but I suppose not enough
He carved the gaps in all my...

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After witnessing a murder meant for me after surviving a car bomb igniting my skull crushed my face bruising my brain i received threatening calls...

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Grand is the wisdom of the experienced;
Raging with tears in the rearview mirror.
Anxiety dealt with, sweet dears.
Now listen, grandchildren, revere
Dad and Mom, but fear God...

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I would move mountains for all the working mothers:
To untangle our communities and have someone see their true colors. 
To stop mothers from carrying the...

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When I first entered this world,
Born to a mom who was so full of love,
A tear stung my eyes – a tear,
Proof that I was...

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Whatever he tried before failed,
misery is worse a pain so sharp;
the therapist scratches his head,
and the patient who plays the harp,
looks at him with much...

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Such a violent world we live in
Hard to know just what to do
For example both my mom and dad
Have slapped and spanked me too
But nowadays...

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I wake up for this country again?
Well it's not my fault, maybe it's God who deserves the blame.
Out of a 100 people in my country,...

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She rises from the love, and the love rises from her.
She became a moon for all the stars in the sky and the plants beneath.
She...

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As weird as it is for me to say,
I see more of you every day.
I see you, Mom

It gets ever clearer
Each day I look in...

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glove - a covering for the hand having separate sections for each of the fingers and the thumb and often extending part way up the...

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11/6/22

Still I struggle to find the words
As I fight the urge
I'll either go under a tidal surge
Or make it out in the end I might...

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Life is a series of demands. Hurry up, perform.
Do your homework, write a paper, oh and read 300 pages,
get in those volunteer hours, grab those...

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My matriarchal genetic line
of narrative
not quite sublime
resonantly erupts
regeneratively abrupt

Loves repeating
robustly carnal wisdom's long
drawn out song

Continuously unabated
with unconditional
transgenerational regard
something emerging more positively
than simply not not hated

Unlike...

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Split pickle, sliced pickle, crisp pickle, knife
All in the jar planning the night of their life

Paul pokes a pinky in, eyeing his snack,
But this time...

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