“If the family were a container, it would be a nest, an enduring nest, loosely woven, expansive, and open. If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections, held together but separable—each segment distinct. If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles. If the family were a sport, it would be baseball: a long, slow, nonviolent game that is never over until the last out. If the family were a building, it would be an old but solid structure that contains human history, and appeals to those who see the carved moldings under all the plaster, the wide plank floors under the linoleum, the possibilities."
A Family Is Like
© Nicole M. O'Neil
“A Family is like a circle
the connection never ends
and even if at times it breaks
in time it always mends
a family is like the stars
somehow there always there
families are those who help
who support and always care
A Family is like a book
the endings never clear
but through the pages of the book
their love is always near
A family is many things
with endless words that show
who they are and what they do
and how they teach you so you know
but don’t be weary if it's broken
or if through time its been so worn
families are like that-
they're split up and always torn
but even if this happens
your family will always be
they help define just who you are
and will be a part of you eternally”
the connection never ends
and even if at times it breaks
in time it always mends
a family is like the stars
somehow there always there
families are those who help
who support and always care
A Family is like a book
the endings never clear
but through the pages of the book
their love is always near
A family is many things
with endless words that show
who they are and what they do
and how they teach you so you know
but don’t be weary if it's broken
or if through time its been so worn
families are like that-
they're split up and always torn
but even if this happens
your family will always be
they help define just who you are
and will be a part of you eternally”
Both of these quotes were chosen to portray the idea of family because the best way to describe family is to relate and symbolize the meaning behind everything. For example, the first definition portrays the structure of the family and elaborating on the ideas of teamwork and how every person is an individual, but all together unity is created in a family. In the second definition the poem expands on the idea of love in a family and how no matter what happens in a family they are going to be the ones who will always be there. I thought both of these definitions depicted the central idea that a family is a close knit inter-circle weaved and patched with love through the good and the bad times.
Works Cited
O’Neil, Nicole. “A Family Is Like a Circle.” Family Friend Poems. n.p., n.d. web. 11, January 2014.
“A Quote by Letty Cottin Pogrebin on family, nest, fruit, boat, possibilities, sport, game, human history, building, baseball, canoe, and orange.” Gaiam Inc, n.d. web. 11, Jan. 2014.
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