Children

My sweetest dear wife Linda, this day for you is sad;
You would have been the greatest mother, if...

I find myself in the twilight of my life
At least close enough for a pause
I always thought...

I am from
the split cleft of a mixed
palate that burns with salt, open wound.

I am...

Charlie creeps closer to the tickle monster’s chair
If that tickle monster catches him he will...

The childen of our future look into our eyes
They need normality nowadays something to recognise...

I hear my neighbours laughter,
I see my children's smile,
The world may be in a crisis,...

'Why is that man kissing another man daddy?'
'Because he loves him and likes him very much.'...

There is no sound outside but the wind
Fiercely screaming through the leaves on the trees
No...

“Eye-spy with my little eye something beginning with B”
So they all looked around and about...

Dawn...
And there she rises
A mighty power
Mother's kiss

With loves arms...

Stars stars everywhere,
twinkle twinkle up in the air,
up and down, side to side,
...

“Anyone wanting
pancakes ?”
“Yes Mam” our middle one yells
“Then I’ll have another...

24/02/2020

That end of Half term holiday blues...

You all must remember what it feels like...

I see the way my mother
Grips everything around her,
Fearing it might slip away.
She...

Whoosh Wendy’s kite climbs higher in the sky
As Mammy holding baby Bobby watches it fly
...