Tag: family
group name: poetspassion
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March 08, 2007 07:18 PM EST --
(This is another poem I wrote when I was a teenager)
To be a friend or not to be
That's the question you ask me
You want me to do something that's wrong
I didn't know confusion . . . more
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January 02, 2007 01:09 PM EST --
Mama told me
keep away
He'll never stay
He'll walk out on you.
Mama told me
he's not your kind
he'll cross the line
he'll bring hurt to you.
But Mama couldn't . . . more
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May 04, 2007 10:58 AM EDT --
They all rush around
Like they have to be somewhere
But there's no where...just space
The battle is life
Mine's worse than yours
But wait...her's is worse than mine
A girl stands in the middle . . . more
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June 16, 2007 08:35 PM EDT --
I remember a few fishing trips, and
holding a cane pole
sitting so still, voice so low
Exactly as I'd been told.
His smile, and twinkling eyes each time I let one go
just warmed . . . more
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August 19, 2008 03:46 PM EDT --
I want to dedicate this to my daughter, since watching her coach and perform inspired my to write this. I hope she likes it.
The Living Tapestry
Swirls of color
Spinning
Majestic . . . more
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July 30, 2007 01:50 AM EDT --
So you find your self with a blank stare
And the frown won't get off your face
Everything you've wanted
Has been stolen away in a blink of the eye
Everything you've tried so hard to keep . . . more
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July 07, 2008 12:09 PM EDT --
When I first joined Gather, I posted this as my first article. I know so many new people, and it is going to be 6 years ago this week that I wrote this and she died. Oddly enough, this . . . more
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July 17, 2008 06:59 AM EDT --
As I reread my article, several things jumped out at me. After I got myself scraped off of the ceiling, I realized that this needed some work. It is amazing how much more you notice, . . . more
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April 04, 2007 02:47 PM EDT --
I'm 16
Not 6
Why must you treat me
Like I'm some kid
You have no faith in me
Do you even know I'm alive
I go for a job
You wish me the worst
I fall in love
You say
Stay away
Why . . . more
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January 15, 2008 08:26 AM EST --
(republished for poetry groups)
I'm not a go-getter, appointment setter, fortune 500,
tennis shoes in the drawer, scratch for more.
I don't get IRA, 401K, bonus . . . more
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August 15, 2008 06:22 PM EDT --
Does he see me when he looks at me?
Does he notice how much I have changed?
Can . . . more
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September 23, 2007 10:40 AM EDT --
"That's the funny moon, Mama," he said,
"He wants to come home with us."
But of course he does--
Make this little man laugh
And you find yourself drunk on dimples.
more
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August 30, 2007 08:47 PM EDT --
You walked with me,
The aisle paved with rose petals,
Kissed my check as you lifted the veil.
I walked with you,
As you held his tiny hand
Taking him on his first fishing trip.
I walked with you,
As . . . more
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March 28, 2007 06:48 PM EDT --
Look in her eyes
Can you see the pain?
It's right there
Plain as day
The lonliness echoes
In the words she writes
No one pays attention
They think nothing of it
In the end
She writes out her . . . more
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February 02, 2007 05:40 AM EST --
" Sisters...friends**forever"
"Me holding onto my sister"
'Childhood'...a blessing forever made in our hearts
Watching cartoons and . . . more
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February 17, 2008 10:38 AM EST --
(I'm republishing some of my old poems)
Mommy, why is the sky so blue?
Why do I look like you?
Why are you really tall?
Why am I just so small?
Why can't any dogs talk? . . . more
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April 17, 2008 03:32 AM EDT --
The Capstan's Arc
"Please tell me. Did my father save my life
That day I swung upon the capstan arm?"
"Of course. Though light, my . . . more
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July 02, 2008 04:10 AM EDT --
The Old Man and the Tree
The day Jack Brand was born the topsoil moved
Aside, displaced by gentle force, nature's
Relentless strength when roots split free and . . . more
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March 03, 2008 07:36 PM EST --
wind lifts, skies darken , leaves to yellow,
white sand memories of kicking foam,
and the tides rush in, crashing sandcastles
we built when you were small;
we made mountains, . . . more
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April 06, 2007 02:17 PM EDT --
I am very grateful to Ed Nudelman for editing this poem and permitting me to use his edit and republish the poem. Thanks very much Ed.
In-depth cleaning of the house
. . . more
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