• The Mother He Loved

    Born and raised under her wingsProtection and care, has always beenEverything his mother said he believedMother encouraged him, she was often pleasedA few times, he would get himself into a jamShe would always solve it, lend him a handAs...

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  • Watch Your Mouth

    we weren’t allowed to curse
    so she never did it herself
    always setting the good example
    whenever we repeated words heard…
    that we were forbidden to utter…
    she’d softly remonstrate…
    “now now now…watch your mouth”
    but I learned very early
    she had an exception
    if pushed to full annoyance
    (a rare event – she…Read More

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    • In our house it was the threat of having our mouths washed with soap if we cursed. And it only took one mouth washing to guarantee obedience to this rule. Very cool poem for day 7 of poetry month Willow -Curt

      • I never had my mouth washed with soap but my sister did once. I was always too afraid of getting in trouble to put a toe across any lines. Thank you, Curt

    • My cousin told me to say a word in front of my mother, and I didn’t know what it meant and I got slapped. Never said that again. haha at least not to her.

      • My mother swore all the time – redheaded temper. But she yelled at us if we did. Grandma taught by quiet example. I’m a veritable sailor mouth now, but then? Nope! 😂

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    Dyslexia

    Dyslexiait’s not just a disabilityit’s an annoyance, people saybut I can’t help itI was born this way,the average person seeswritten instructions—to them, a simple planbut for me—a new languagein a foreign land,what you see clearlyI struggle to seethat’s dyslexia—that’s...

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    The Look You Gave Me (Changed)

    Rewriting Memory   There was always a kind of sadness in your eyes Even when you were baby and looked at me There was always this emotive tone in your voice So young and yet so full of melancholy   In those days there was an...

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