Family | Rhyming Free Verse Poems

Synopsis: The foster care nightmares experienced by Marckie are shared by so many. This is only one account.

Synopsis: The validity of a scapegoat can be tested by getting rid of the scapegoat. If the same problems exist after that, then the scapegoat was never the cause.

Synopsis: A child is trying to figure out what is that unwelcome smell. It's at home and in the street.

Synopsis: Grudges do nothing but destroy the family dynamic and increase the level of dysfunction. Some of us can do better than that.

Synopsis: This writing shows the stress that a man faces to financially take care of his family. It also shows the unfortunate selfishness of his working spouse when he needed help.

Synopsis: Like father, like son? No, because the goal is for son to be better than him.

Synopsis: The love a father has for his daughter is unparalleled. This writing attempts to paint that picture.

Synopsis: Convenient amnesia, also known as selective amnesia, can be defined as amnesia about particular events that is very convenient for the person who cannot remember. It's a twisted way of thinking that can cause irreparable damage in a relationship.

Synopsis: This writing is a heartfelt apology directed to a past mother-in-law. Forgiveness is optional.

Synopsis: Marckie discusses his mother's greatest fear as she nears her departure from the physical. He then puts that fear to rest.