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Family relationship poems

by Lobelia is truly blessed

Rated: E · Folder · Family · #855209

poetry triggered by relations with my own

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Created: June 5th, 2004 at 7:25am

Modified: July 29th, 2011 at 1:14pm

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Location: Poetry

Genres: Family, Emotional

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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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Natural Pearls

Rated: E · Nature · #843873

contemplating gems made out of grains of sand- parenting metaphor

Created: Apr 28th, 2004

Modified: Apr 28th, 2004

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Genres: Nature, Personal, Parenting

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Eulogy

Rated: E · Emotional · #801252

dealing with my parent's divorce after their 36 years of marriage & family

Created: Jan 13th, 2004

Modified: Jan 13th, 2004

Size: 0.78 KB

Genres: Emotional, Family, Personal

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Flight into Egypt

Rated: E · Religious · #833406

facing the desert on the wings of a dream

Created: Mar 28th, 2004

Modified: Mar 28th, 2004

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Genres: Religious, Emotional, Philosophy

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Living Between the Lines

Rated: E · Emotional · #843872

more is left unsaid than said

Created: Apr 28th, 2004

Modified: Apr 28th, 2004

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Genres: Emotional, Personal

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Just Everyday Magic

Rated: 13+ · Experience · #825342

wizards all are we

Created: Mar 9th, 2004

Modified: Mar 17th, 2004

Size: 0.29 KB

Genres: Experience, Family, Philosophy

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Because I am not a Rose

Rated: E · Other · #1797469

ponderings of an "outsider"

Created: Jul 29th, 2011

Modified: Jul 29th, 2011

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Genres: Other

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Which Side is Real?

Rated: E · Personal · #1701026

You think it will still be there when you turn back, but it's not. A metaphor.

Created: Aug 21st, 2010

Modified: Aug 25th, 2011

Size: 0.91 KB

Genres: Personal, Emotional, Parenting

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Orphan Thoughts

Rated: E · Personal · #1660764

"Even should she forget, I will never forget you." Isaiah 49:15

Created: Apr 1st, 2010

Modified: Apr 1st, 2010

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Genres: Personal, Family, Emotional

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Autistic Holidays

Rated: E · Family · #1630130

If you know a child on the autism spectrum, this will sound familiar.

Created: Dec 26th, 2009

Modified: Dec 26th, 2009

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Genres: Family, Experience, Emotional

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Prison

Rated: E · Family · #1591186

My youngest brother was recently sent to prison. I visited him for the first time.

Created: Aug 14th, 2009

Modified: Aug 16th, 2009

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Genres: Family, Personal, Experience

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The Holes You Left

Rated: E · Emotional · #1484984

making sense of it all

Created: Oct 15th, 2008

Modified: Oct 15th, 2008

Size: 0.85 KB

Genres: Emotional, Family, Parenting

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Life-Sized Balloons

Rated: E · Parenting · #1210131

Who's doing the letting go, I wonders?

Created: Jan 30th, 2007

Modified: Jan 30th, 2007

Size: 0.35 KB

Genres: Parenting, Personal, Emotional

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Dreams Like Outdoor Cats

Rated: E · Emotional · #1207068

a metaphor. I miss them.

Created: Jan 23rd, 2007

Modified: Jan 23rd, 2007

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Genres: Emotional, Personal, Animal

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Pity Party

Rated: E · Personal · #1162095

feeling sorry for myself

Created: Sep 28th, 2006

Modified: Sep 28th, 2006

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Genres: Personal, Emotional

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The Worst Thing About Moving On

Rated: E · Personal · #1143589

trying to leave it behind

Created: Aug 13th, 2006

Modified: Aug 7th, 2008

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Genres: Personal, Emotional

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Life Work

Rated: E · Family · #1120543

acrostic for Father's Day

Created: Jun 18th, 2006

Modified: Aug 17th, 2006

Size: 0.15 KB

Genres: Family, Experience

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When No Samaritan Comes

Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #1034295

Watching the victims- not everyone gets a good Samaritan.

Created: Nov 15th, 2005

Modified: Apr 1st, 2006

Size: 1.05 KB

Genres: Emotional, Personal, Religious

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Leisure

Rated: E · Family · #871451

written on a quiet day at the beach with my youngest four kids

Created: Jul 25th, 2004

Modified: Jul 25th, 2004

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Genres: Family

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Opus

Rated: E · Parenting · #868660

Compose a masterpiece. Consider parenting.

Created: Jul 17th, 2004

Modified: Jul 17th, 2004

Size: 0.38 KB

Genres: Parenting, Experience, Music

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In So Short a Passing Time

Rated: E · Family · #864120

Never imagined THIS when we started out...

Created: Jul 3rd, 2004

Modified: Jul 3rd, 2004

Size: 0.32 KB

Genres: Family, Parenting, Personal

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Misunderstanding Understood

Rated: E · Personal · #843874

experimental metaphors on the generation gap

Created: Apr 28th, 2004

Modified: Apr 28th, 2004

Size: 0.57 KB

Genres: Personal, Parenting, Emotional

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Laughing with Ghosts

Rated: E · Personal · #839242

written after my Aunt Phyllis' funeral- Silly me, I thought she was the last.

Created: Apr 14th, 2004

Modified: Apr 14th, 2004

Size: 0.33 KB

Genres: Personal, Death

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Exile

Rated: E · Philosophy · #834691

Egypt from Joseph's perspective

Created: Mar 31st, 2004

Modified: Mar 31st, 2004

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Genres: Philosophy, Religious, Personal

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Road to Egypt

Rated: E · Philosophy · #834682

more meditation on exile

Created: Mar 31st, 2004

Modified: Mar 31st, 2004

Size: 0.44 KB

Genres: Philosophy, Religious, Personal

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Mother's Love

Rated: E · Family · #822312

A mother's love is the archtype of Love

Created: Mar 2nd, 2004

Modified: Mar 2nd, 2004

Size: 0.49 KB

Genres: Family, Parenting, Emotional

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Storm Child

Rated: E · Emotional · #822256

Garrison Keillor coined the term "storm child"

Created: Mar 2nd, 2004

Modified: Mar 2nd, 2004

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Genres: Emotional, Teen

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The Empty Feeder

Rated: E · Death · #820771

the one who feeds them has died

Created: Feb 27th, 2004

Modified: Feb 27th, 2004

Size: 0.85 KB

Genres: Death, Emotional, Nature

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100 Questions

Rated: E · Parenting · #801279

for my son, the boy of 100 questions

Created: Jan 13th, 2004

Modified: Jan 13th, 2004

Size: 0.19 KB

Genres: Parenting

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Two Made One

Rated: E · Romance/Love · #801273

to my husband, Joe

Created: Jan 13th, 2004

Modified: Jan 13th, 2004

Size: 0.33 KB

Genres: Romance/Love, Personal, Religious

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Too Busy to Pray

Rated: E · Religious · #801267

Trying to slow down in this hectic life...

Created: Jan 13th, 2004

Modified: Jan 13th, 2004

Size: 0.34 KB

Genres: Religious, Experience

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Going Home

Rated: E · Personal · #759035

written after my Dad's funeral

Created: Oct 2nd, 2003

Modified: Sep 29th, 2005

Size: 0.61 KB

Genres: Personal, Emotional, Family

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Rooted Things

Rated: E · Philosophy · #759029

written on retreat at Gethsemane Trappist Monastery

Created: Oct 2nd, 2003

Modified: Oct 4th, 2003

Size: 0.39 KB

Genres: Philosophy, Religious

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