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Family relationship poems
poetry triggered by relations with my own
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Our home is our monastery; the domestic church our basic battleground. Relationships with my husband, children, family of origin & relations provide much fodder for reflection!
Portfolio -> Poetry -> Family relationship poems

Natural Pearls  [E]   0.3 KB
contemplating gems made out of grains of sand- parenting metaphor

Eulogy  [E]   0.8 KB
dealing with my parent's divorce after their 36 years of marriage & family

Flight into Egypt  [E]   0.4 KB
facing the desert on the wings of a dream

Living Between the Lines  [E]   0.3 KB
more is left unsaid than said

Just Everyday Magic  [13+]   0.3 KB
wizards all are we

Because I am not a Rose  [E]   0.4 KB
ponderings of an "outsider"

Which Side is Real?  [E]   0.9 KB
You think it will still be there when you turn back, but it's not. A metaphor.

Orphan Thoughts  [E]   0.3 KB
"Even should she forget, I will never forget you." Isaiah 49:15

Autistic Holidays  [E]   1.8 KB
If you know a child on the autism spectrum, this will sound familiar.

Prison  [E]   0.8 KB
My youngest brother was recently sent to prison. I visited him for the first time.

The Holes You Left  [E]   0.8 KB
making sense of it all

Life-Sized Balloons  [E]   0.3 KB
Who's doing the letting go, I wonders?

Dreams Like Outdoor Cats  [E]   0.8 KB
a metaphor. I miss them.

Pity Party  [E]   0.2 KB
feeling sorry for myself

The Worst Thing About Moving On  [E]   0.4 KB
trying to leave it behind

Life Work  [E]   0.2 KB
acrostic for Father's Day

When No Samaritan Comes  [13+]   1.0 KB
Watching the victims- not everyone gets a good Samaritan.

Leisure  [E]   0.2 KB
written on a quiet day at the beach with my youngest four kids

Opus  [E]   0.4 KB
Compose a masterpiece. Consider parenting.

In So Short a Passing Time  [E]   0.3 KB
Never imagined THIS when we started out...

Misunderstanding Understood  [E]   0.6 KB
experimental metaphors on the generation gap

Laughing with Ghosts  [E]   0.3 KB
written after my Aunt Phyllis' funeral- Silly me, I thought she was the last.

Exile  [E]   0.2 KB
Egypt from Joseph's perspective

Road to Egypt  [E]   0.4 KB
more meditation on exile

Mother's Love  [E]   0.5 KB
A mother's love is the archtype of Love

Storm Child  [E]   0.6 KB
Garrison Keillor coined the term "storm child"

The Empty Feeder  [E]   0.8 KB
the one who feeds them has died

100 Questions  [E]   0.2 KB
for my son, the boy of 100 questions

Two Made One  [E]   0.3 KB
to my husband, Joe

Too Busy to Pray  [E]   0.3 KB
Trying to slow down in this hectic life...

Going Home  [E]   0.6 KB
written after my Dad's funeral

Rooted Things  [E]   0.4 KB
written on retreat at Gethsemane Trappist Monastery