Kin Separated -- a Fractal Poem for dVerse

 

Brothers by Marriage;

    a fractal poem 

Brothers

I love them all 

Each different many ways 

All is three, that's all I've got

 

Brothers by marriage 

There's no brothers of my own 

All different, separated by blood lines 

Never knew any before I knew my wife 

Separated they are 

Geography for visits each other 

Though we see them periodically 

Christmas and birthday cards we send

Separated by blood line 

One is brother of my wife 

He is a widower still in grief

Blood ties make her closer to him

'Bout the same as the others for me 

Separated by distance 

Distance and blood for other two 

One is my sister's hub 

A basketball coach for years 

Then Principal of the High School

Doesn't appreciate Sis's and my foolishness 

The other is the Mrs.'s brother 

His wife also died he's grieving still 

Jack of many careers UPS loader first 

Then oil sampler from the ships near to us 

Crashed his airplane feet first, broken bones 

Out of mind for month, couldn't get into ships' holds 

Now he's a piano tuner, expert too of rebuilding 

                    

A short rundown of the three far away 

Tennessee for the wife's brother 

Louisiana sister-in law's hub

Iowa for my sister's hubby 

I could say some more 

Not needed here 

Brothers by Marriage

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2022, All Rights Reserved 

 - Photo at Bottom from an earlier post attributed to Shay's Prompt, here.  Some have said the fellow in the back is a woman, I say he dresses differently.

 - Photo at Top from lisa, aka msjadeli, in poetics of the description and examples of Fractal Poetry at https://dversepoets.com/2022/07/19/dverse-poetics-fractals-down-the-rabbit-hole-and-up-up-and-away/ .  I hope mine is one.

 - Go there, above, to read that post and here for other writers' works 

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