I was unsure how to do this ‘Dad’ thing. What was my role? Holding a hand? Pushing a swing? Yet, there you were, this new unit: Madonna and Child. And where did I fit? So, I looked around and found, in my past And on screens, I’d seen: Hold fast and stay Love finds a [...]
Category: Poem
Passing waves
does the sea mourn the wave that crashes to the shore?
Funny old thing
It's a funny old thing, to be a mother To put your heart in the hands of another Without condition. Beyond and above The surest form of human love, Except, perhaps, for the love received From the tiny child that was conceived. Maybe it's their love, at the start, That truly binds us, heart to [...]
Acrostic Prayer
Please, God, let this year be the first year Every child can live without fear, Anger fades and leaves no trace, Compassion grows to take its place. Each religion, as was first meant Fosters love and kind intent; And, though I know my God’s the best It's true that so do all the rest. Truth [...]
Claude’s hoard
Down on the farm, there are two kinds of mouse. One is the smart sort that lives in a house; The other, though rougher, tougher and poor Lives only and always outside the front door. The field mice can play out all day in the hay. ‘Til one day a cat comes to chase them [...]
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