Category Archives: Family

Calling All Cousins

Posted on May 8, 2021 by sputterpub

My parents were the youngest of their sibs.My dad had older sisters (numbered four).For Mom there’s near nine years between the cribsher sister and herself were put in. SureI have some cousins, but they’re all those yearsahead of what my … Continue reading →

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ICU

Posted on May 6, 2021 by sputterpub

Our mom caught Covid and we’re all in shock(she had the shots and mostly she behaved).She’s in the ICU, and that’s a blockto seeing her. The diagnosis gaveus reason for the falls and the fatiguethat led her kids to worry … Continue reading →

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Recording Relief

Posted on May 4, 2021 by sputterpub

A benefit from daily poetry(less valuable than practice, but still nice)is how the pieces serve as diary(to feel and then record’s like living twice).At times when I reread, the words enticemy memory – provocative technique.Well here’s a little record of … Continue reading →

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Semi-Pathetic Fallacy

Posted on May 2, 2021 by sputterpub

A week ago we had a little storm.The forecast was more promising than true.Some drizzle teased, but we’re too dry and warmfor winter like the seasons we’ve lived through;we have to say goodbye to what we knew.Tomorrow’s strange – I’m … Continue reading →

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Shove

Posted on April 18, 2021 by sputterpub

The Saturday of silence led to talktoday, when no one heard my voice but me.Deciding to buy groceries, the walkto Star and back framed a soliloquy.I processed irks about some family –annoyance at a relative I love.When I got home, … Continue reading →

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It Isn’t Personal

Posted on April 10, 2021 by sputterpub

It isn’t personal. Don’t take it so.They don’t mean any insult or offense.They have their own concerns – I think you knowit isn’t personal. What you term disrespect and feel intenseabout is disregard. They overflowwith prime concerns – their issues … Continue reading →

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Outflanked

Posted on April 9, 2021 by sputterpub

It happened she was hurt when she was five –abandoned for barbaric surgery.And afterwards, although she did surviveof course, she altered her trajectory,assuming all responsibilityfor reaching full potential depth and length.She cultivated stamina and strength. Disclosive and ungettable she grew.No … Continue reading →

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Weak Controls

Posted on April 8, 2021 by sputterpub

I started knowing, when the children came,how vital and important was my role,how love could be resentful, all the same,how often I would lecture or cajole.I tried to act in ways I’d seldom blame.I boggled at how much I can’t … Continue reading →

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Passion

Posted on April 4, 2021 by sputterpub

I told my friends the reason I had kids.I said if I were childless, I’d ageto be the weird old lady who forbidstheir noise and games. I wouldn’t use a cageor torture them with witchy appetite,but neither would I open … Continue reading →

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Force of Will

Posted on April 1, 2021 by sputterpub

Whatever doesn’t kill can make one strong,I’ve heard, observed examples, lived a few,and tend to think the saying isn’t wrongin cases where attack is less than nu-clear, when there’s a chance health may ensue.In fact, while threat will ever make … Continue reading →

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