Poem post by Brooke

Posted on March 23, 2006. Filed under: Poetry | Tags: , , |

As a parent, you always hope your children turn out better than you.
Inhere
Both of my sons have cowlicks on their foreheads
in exactly the same spot as mine.
I could see it on the days they were born.
But there is a compassion I want them to inherit—
and not from me because mine is smaller, mediocre.
There is a [...]

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Writing your identity

Posted on February 23, 2006. Filed under: Mormon Life, Poetry | Tags: , , , , , , , |

I have only in recent years thought about writing poetry that identifies me as a Mormon. I always stayed away from writing about anything religious. I don’t really know why, except maybe it was too hard to express without sounding trite, especially with my limited writing experience. Or maybe because I hadn’t come to terms [...]

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For all you fans of poetry and not so big fans…

Posted on February 2, 2006. Filed under: Poetry | Tags: , , |

I know it’s breaking the nice pattern of fantastic posts about getting involved in great causes, but I thought I’d post a poem. Feel free to ask questions, post criticism, and give insight.
Crying About the Gentleness
A day of forgetting
Not anything big,
Just the little stuff.
Like how it storms once a year
This year on the day you [...]

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