Category Archives: Popular Poems

Pre-op

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

The surgeon told me it’s a tiny little ten minute operation and really I have no need to worry. The risks are minute and the benefits could be dramatic. Additionally, the procedure itself offers an opportunity for sleep. So I … Continue reading →

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Wake Up!!!

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

For Aden, who has trouble with early school starts, (but not at all with early weekend starts or even early holiday starts ): Wake up! Wake up! The alarm bell’s gone Wake up! Wake up! It’s the rise of the … Continue reading →

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Uncle John

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

To My Dearest Uncle John I’m sad to hear that you’ve left us that you’ve gone. I’m sad that I won’t see your face once again that I won’t hear your laugh, I won’t see your smile I can’t tell … Continue reading →

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Faye – My Forever Friend

Posted on September 18, 2010 by

Dear Faye – I am writing this For you to see How rare and special You are to me. Dear Faye – I just want You to know The way you are? I love you so. Dear Faye – A … Continue reading →

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Loving thy neighbour?

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

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Part 1

Posted on July 11, 2010 by

No card No telephone No ring No moan, No one to think of me I am all alone Abandoned in the world To decipher my own fate, No wise words to guide me, You will not hold my hand I … Continue reading →

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It’s not all butterflies

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

  Enter the garden at your own risk: I thought I’d go out to our flowerbed For a brisk Pull of weeds. It’s a tiny space Maybe two metres square Of little pretty flowers But now the weeds, they are … Continue reading →

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Strawberry

Posted on June 30, 2010 by

I ask you if you want today A second healthy Strawberry? “No!” you say I’m shocked, Disturbed, Is that really my son I heard? Are you sick? Is something wrong? You turned down food? And a favourite one! “Why not?” … Continue reading →

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Ms Requirement

Posted on June 28, 2010 by

Ms Requirement needs today A big fat lunch A sofa lay. Ms Requirement will her homework do Once she has kicked off her remaining shoe, Where it will land Nobody knows It doesn’t matter She needs no clothes, She plans … Continue reading →

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Hot, hot, hot, six years today

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

I am, to be honest in awe of you Of everything you say and do. Six years of marriage And I love you more Than I ever thought to be possible. I know this is public That every one can … Continue reading →

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