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Rated: E · Folder · Family · #855209
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!
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Portfolio -> Poetry -> Family relationship poems
    Natural Pearls  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #843873
    contemplating gems made out of grains of sand- parenting metaphor
    Eulogy  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #801252
    dealing with my parent's divorce after their 36 years of marriage & family
    Flight into Egypt  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Religious · #833406
    facing the desert on the wings of a dream
    Living Between the Lines  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #843872
    more is left unsaid than said
    Just Everyday Magic  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Experience · #825342
    wizards all are we
    Because I am not a Rose  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Other · #1797469
    ponderings of an "outsider"
    Which Side is Real?  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #1701026
    You think it will still be there when you turn back, but it's not. A metaphor.
    Orphan Thoughts  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #1660764
    "Even should she forget, I will never forget you." Isaiah 49:15
    Autistic Holidays  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Family · #1630130
    If you know a child on the autism spectrum, this will sound familiar.
    Prison  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Family · #1591186
    My youngest brother was recently sent to prison. I visited him for the first time.
    The Holes You Left  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #1484984
    making sense of it all
    Life-Sized Balloons  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Parenting · #1210131
    Who's doing the letting go, I wonders?
    Dreams Like Outdoor Cats  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #1207068
    a metaphor. I miss them.
    Pity Party  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #1162095
    feeling sorry for myself
    The Worst Thing About Moving On  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #1143589
    trying to leave it behind
    Life Work  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Family · #1120543
    acrostic for Father's Day
    When No Samaritan Comes  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #1034295
    Watching the victims- not everyone gets a good Samaritan.
    Leisure  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Family · #871451
    written on a quiet day at the beach with my youngest four kids
    Opus  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Parenting · #868660
    Compose a masterpiece. Consider parenting.
    In So Short a Passing Time  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Family · #864120
    Never imagined THIS when we started out...
    Misunderstanding Understood  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #843874
    experimental metaphors on the generation gap
    Laughing with Ghosts  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #839242
    written after my Aunt Phyllis' funeral- Silly me, I thought she was the last.
    Exile  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Philosophy · #834691
    Egypt from Joseph's perspective
    Road to Egypt  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Philosophy · #834682
    more meditation on exile
    Mother's Love  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Family · #822312
    A mother's love is the archtype of Love
    Storm Child  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #822256
    Garrison Keillor coined the term "storm child"
    The Empty Feeder  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Death · #820771
    the one who feeds them has died
    100 Questions  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Parenting · #801279
    for my son, the boy of 100 questions
    Two Made One  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Romance/Love · #801273
    to my husband, Joe
    Too Busy to Pray  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Religious · #801267
    Trying to slow down in this hectic life...
    Going Home  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #759035
    written after my Dad's funeral
    Rooted Things  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Philosophy · #759029
    written on retreat at Gethsemane Trappist Monastery
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