Tag: family
group name: opendoorpoetry
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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 . . .
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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? . . .
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February 06, 2008 07:25 PM EST --
(I'm republishing some of my old poems)
When I was young I danced in a fairy ring
Unicorns lived and the world loved everything
My dreams never came to pass
And the unicorns . . .
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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, . . .
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February 21, 2008 05:33 PM EST --
(I'm republishing some of my poems)
"Mommy! Monster!" my baby wails
And into his room I quickly sail
I pick him up and hold him close
His monsters are real, I . . .
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January 11, 2008 02:46 PM EST --
The first time I saw my husband walking down the street, I thought....! I'm going to spend the rest of my life with him. There was something so sexy in the was he looked at me I thought I was going . . .
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January 18, 2008 04:03 PM EST --
My friends and I were talking about fears..
What's your biggest fear?
MIne is dying in a car accident .... painfully!
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January 13, 2008 04:10 PM EST --
If someone kidnapped your child and told you that the only way to get him back was to murder an innocent per son, would you do it.
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January 10, 2008 11:27 PM EST --
Let me tell you a small lie
I love and hate you for make me cry.
You said you love me no matter what
Yet broke your promise and shattered my heart.
Now . . .
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February 01, 2008 07:11 AM EST --
I wanted
to beat him
beat him to within an inch of his life
I wanted him to feel
this pain and suffering
we all stood here and felt now
But how could I demonstrate
the mental anguish
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January 25, 2008 07:06 AM EST --
I made a joke
(at least it made me laugh)
in my email to "bro"
but as he read it
in some dinky shack
in Chad
he didn't think it was funny
He doesn't understand
if I don't . . .
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January 25, 2008 07:04 AM EST --
I hate the idea
but I do it anyway
swallowing the dream flavored
"sleep aid"
I do this each night as
I have decided that
if I can "Just Sleep", I will
get through this
I . . .
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