Poems for and About Sisters Seeking Friendly Advice
#sister
oskar
Poem Published
23rd May 2023 11:55pm
23rd May 2023 11:55pm
the mouse
The mouse
My wife was opening the door to the verandah
when she spotted a mouse and fled to the kitchen
and shouted, “Kill it, kill it!”
I picked up the small animal hiding under a dry leaf
that had yet to be blown away, careful not to be bitten
soon the mouse relaxed in the palm of my hand.
I marvelled about this tiny thing; how did it get on
the seventh floor must have been climbing up at night
got lost or tired and rested on our terrace
There was no way I was going to kill it if there had
been hundreds of them on the terrace, I...
My wife was opening the door to the verandah
when she spotted a mouse and fled to the kitchen
and shouted, “Kill it, kill it!”
I picked up the small animal hiding under a dry leaf
that had yet to be blown away, careful not to be bitten
soon the mouse relaxed in the palm of my hand.
I marvelled about this tiny thing; how did it get on
the seventh floor must have been climbing up at night
got lost or tired and rested on our terrace
There was no way I was going to kill it if there had
been hundreds of them on the terrace, I...
#mother
#brother
#sister
#memories
#separation
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Lothbrok
Poem Published
23rd Apr 2023 10:42pm
23rd Apr 2023 10:42pm
Alabaster : Rachel
I wish I had the words
for a better Goodbye
My sweet sister
Your plays were an extension of you
the way you swam between scenes
In hopes people wouldn’t see the real you
The dreamer, the quiet girl
whose life drains from her skin as the days pass
The acts you’ve swayed in so effortlessly
Left impressions in the wood you walked,
the shadows you casted
I can hear your voice echoing Heaven’s cathedral
I know they cannot match you,
A True Angel in the crowd of painted on wings.
...
for a better Goodbye
My sweet sister
Your plays were an extension of you
the way you swam between scenes
In hopes people wouldn’t see the real you
The dreamer, the quiet girl
whose life drains from her skin as the days pass
The acts you’ve swayed in so effortlessly
Left impressions in the wood you walked,
the shadows you casted
I can hear your voice echoing Heaven’s cathedral
I know they cannot match you,
A True Angel in the crowd of painted on wings.
...
#sister
#family
#death
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KrystalG
Poem Published
27th Mar 2023 2:55pm
27th Mar 2023 2:55pm
Sisters Strife
Sis
I could let you back in
Just like I know
You would want
However
You are simply
Not worth
The strife
You would bring
Into my life
I could let you back in
Just like I know
You would want
However
You are simply
Not worth
The strife
You would bring
Into my life
#sister
#family
#respect #SelfWorth
#respect #SelfWorth
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2 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
6th Mar 2023 10:47am
6th Mar 2023 10:47am
oh, father, dear father
Oh, Father Dear!
When my children were small, I played with them, I was
a good father carried them on my shoulders, but when
they became teenagers and truculent I lost all interest in
their silly arguments paid for their education and went
abroad to live in our second home in Spain.
My children never write or ring, their mother, who didn’t
come to live with me, says it is because I had forsaken
them. I paid for their university and used my influence to get
their well-paid jobs, yet they feel I should have done more
I think they should be...
When my children were small, I played with them, I was
a good father carried them on my shoulders, but when
they became teenagers and truculent I lost all interest in
their silly arguments paid for their education and went
abroad to live in our second home in Spain.
My children never write or ring, their mother, who didn’t
come to live with me, says it is because I had forsaken
them. I paid for their university and used my influence to get
their well-paid jobs, yet they feel I should have done more
I think they should be...
#brother
#sister
#parent
#memories
#separation
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BlueBeastGirl
Beasty
Beasty
Poem Published
12th Feb 2023 5:50am
12th Feb 2023 5:50am
Do you remember the bear?
Did you see the bear?"
Is what a college professor once asked
We'd watched a short film with images
And were instructed to focus on a ball
Some saw a lion and others saw a clown
But only a small handful saw the bear
I walk along with my sisters sometimes
Talking, chatting about anything... Everything
And we'd always ask each other "do you remember?"
We all try to shuffle through the memories
The mountains high enough to rival the blues
But sometimes only one of us remembers the bear
Is what a college professor once asked
We'd watched a short film with images
And were instructed to focus on a ball
Some saw a lion and others saw a clown
But only a small handful saw the bear
I walk along with my sisters sometimes
Talking, chatting about anything... Everything
And we'd always ask each other "do you remember?"
We all try to shuffle through the memories
The mountains high enough to rival the blues
But sometimes only one of us remembers the bear
#sister
#childhood
#family
#TimeHeals
#bittersweet
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eswaller
Poem Published
29th Jan 2023 7:08am
29th Jan 2023 7:08am
Simply Me
Some might say I come from the earth
Or my mother’s womb, but I am something
More than skin and bones. Some might
Say I am a daughter or a friend or a sister,
But I am worth far more than the hearth
You lay your feet at. I am the one sculpting
Words so people sleep better late at night.
I am the bright sun in the middle of winter.
So be careful for what you wish for when
You say you want to be just like me as
I can be a daydream or your single worst
Nightmare. I am the changes in the wind.
To the world I am the...
Or my mother’s womb, but I am something
More than skin and bones. Some might
Say I am a daughter or a friend or a sister,
But I am worth far more than the hearth
You lay your feet at. I am the one sculpting
Words so people sleep better late at night.
I am the bright sun in the middle of winter.
So be careful for what you wish for when
You say you want to be just like me as
I can be a daydream or your single worst
Nightmare. I am the changes in the wind.
To the world I am the...
#sister
#identity
#myself #daughter
#myself #daughter
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Bluevelvete
Poem Published
15th Nov 2022 9:40pm
15th Nov 2022 9:40pm
Ride or Die
Two kindred spirits
embrace an unspoken pact
always... and then some
embrace an unspoken pact
always... and then some
#love
#sister
#BestFriend
#senryu
#support
1288 reads
34 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
26th Oct 2022 6:31am
26th Oct 2022 6:31am
Tender Hands of the Seventh Sister
Tender Hands of the Seventh Sister
She toys with his zipper like a kitten and a ball of yarn.
“This is my seventh time as your sister. We got a break during
the roaring twenties. But here I am back as your doting sister whose every
lipstick mark is suspect.”
“Our rebirth has not dampened your fascination with my inseam.”
She laughs. “Get out of those pants you joker.”
“You know when I am in a bull market.”
“I can tell when a man’s Nasdaq is on the rise by the look on his face.”
“How is the discreet male...
She toys with his zipper like a kitten and a ball of yarn.
“This is my seventh time as your sister. We got a break during
the roaring twenties. But here I am back as your doting sister whose every
lipstick mark is suspect.”
“Our rebirth has not dampened your fascination with my inseam.”
She laughs. “Get out of those pants you joker.”
“You know when I am in a bull market.”
“I can tell when a man’s Nasdaq is on the rise by the look on his face.”
“How is the discreet male...
#lust
#brother
#sister
#erotic
#sensual
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goldenmyst
Poem Published
6th Oct 2022 2:13am
6th Oct 2022 2:13am
Sister Venus’ Tantric Aloe
Sister Venus’ Tantric Aloe
One night John’s sister tells him,
“I’m concerned about your sleep patterns.
I hear your bed creaking like a trampoline
in need of grease at three in the morning.
This isn’t a normal sister and brother discussion
But Papa fell in love with foreign commerce.
And Mom is a teetotaler who only talks Jesus
So it is up to me to give you sex education
It is in incumbent upon me to tell you
to stop muh muhing your mosher at midnight.”
“What are you talking about Sis?”
“Do I have...
One night John’s sister tells him,
“I’m concerned about your sleep patterns.
I hear your bed creaking like a trampoline
in need of grease at three in the morning.
This isn’t a normal sister and brother discussion
But Papa fell in love with foreign commerce.
And Mom is a teetotaler who only talks Jesus
So it is up to me to give you sex education
It is in incumbent upon me to tell you
to stop muh muhing your mosher at midnight.”
“What are you talking about Sis?”
“Do I have...
#brother
#sister
#erotic
#sensual
#seductive
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BlueBeastGirl
Beasty
Beasty
Poem Published
10th Sep 2022 3:39am
10th Sep 2022 3:39am
Pirate Irish Twins
It was always just the two of us
Just you and me, pirates in our dreams
Co- Captains on anything resembling a ship
Eating stolen bread and sweets
Homeless and running around the castle of dreams
Feral brats who fought and cut the world right back
Older sister and little brother always
They'd gimace when calling us irish twins
Cause we're not even a year apart
There's a scar across my nose from your hand
You have a scar on your cheek from mine
I never thought I'd stand here today
Holding the pieces of my soul because of you
We're...
Just you and me, pirates in our dreams
Co- Captains on anything resembling a ship
Eating stolen bread and sweets
Homeless and running around the castle of dreams
Feral brats who fought and cut the world right back
Older sister and little brother always
They'd gimace when calling us irish twins
Cause we're not even a year apart
There's a scar across my nose from your hand
You have a scar on your cheek from mine
I never thought I'd stand here today
Holding the pieces of my soul because of you
We're...
#brother
#sister
#teens
#fate
#despair
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goldenmyst
Poem Published
8th Aug 2022 00:30am
8th Aug 2022 00:30am
Angel in Mexico
Angel in Mexico
An emaciated woman in a Mexican daze
Carries a baby in arms still strong
Enough to love this child she bears
Wife’s bodhisattva halo embraces the nativity
of a Mesoamerican Madonna holding her baby
in a circle of love.
Beatified in luminescence
Ascetic body lost to hunger
Golden daughter of creation whose son shines
Like the gold-leafed pages
In her book of divine love
His nursery rhyme eyes
Are a shanty-town of tears
My Spanish doesn’t cover her “Leche, leche”
But my wife puts...
An emaciated woman in a Mexican daze
Carries a baby in arms still strong
Enough to love this child she bears
Wife’s bodhisattva halo embraces the nativity
of a Mesoamerican Madonna holding her baby
in a circle of love.
Beatified in luminescence
Ascetic body lost to hunger
Golden daughter of creation whose son shines
Like the gold-leafed pages
In her book of divine love
His nursery rhyme eyes
Are a shanty-town of tears
My Spanish doesn’t cover her “Leche, leche”
But my wife puts...
#love
#kindness
#sister
#wife
#spiritual
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
20th Jul 2022 1:57am
20th Jul 2022 1:57am
Suicide and Revenge
My brother fell in love with a lady who was trying to make her ex-boyfriend jealous.
She only pretended to love him and we were all shocked when he decided to tell us.
After using him to reconcile with her boyfriend, it broke my brother's heart.
He was used and thrown away like an old shoe and the pain tore him apart.
I will never forget the day when he died.
He was so hurt that he committed suicide.
My brother pretended like he wasn't badly hurt and he kept his pain hid.
All of our family members are deeply saddened because of what he did.
Our sister...
She only pretended to love him and we were all shocked when he decided to tell us.
After using him to reconcile with her boyfriend, it broke my brother's heart.
He was used and thrown away like an old shoe and the pain tore him apart.
I will never forget the day when he died.
He was so hurt that he committed suicide.
My brother pretended like he wasn't badly hurt and he kept his pain hid.
All of our family members are deeply saddened because of what he did.
Our sister...
#anger
#sister
#fiction
#revenge
#hurt
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