Tag: daughters
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Miami
Perhaps this trip will be my last,to the city of Miami.My daughter’s moving on from there,two years gone by in a flash.I hadn’t thought I’d like it much,the beach is not my scene.I thought it’d have a different vibe,but there’s so much natural green.My flight was smooth and super quick,it was so nice not to…
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Tattoo
It’s a joke with my girls,That I’ll get a tattoo,When I’m seventy five,And decide which to do!I have all these rules,About what I can get,It has to have meaning,So I’ll have no regrets.People say once you start,You’re unable to stop,I just want one good one,But tend to flip flop.Should it honor my girls,So be something…
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I Miss My Mom
Visiting my daughter in Miami,We walked a block in the rain,To a little place she likes to eat,To order food and bring it back to her place.As we were checking out,(She in front of me as I was more indecisive,)I handed her my credit card to pay,But as I approached the cash register,I saw her…
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Braid
When I was in middle school,My friends and I would braid each other’s hair,Pigtails, one braid down our backs,Two braids of just the front pieces with the rest down,Overnight braids to have waves the next day,Then French braids as we got older,With more complicated styles,More complicated patterns,But always with the same feeling,Hands in hair,Twisting and…
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National Poetry Month-My Daughters
I know my daughters are the very best of me my lessons on how to live free the perspective that helps me see Incredibly blessed to have three True Gifts This was supposed to be a Cinquain, but I messed up the number of lines, didn’t want to change it, and now it’s Free Verse!…
The Journey Inward 