SWEET SIXTEEN

Sweet sixteen and not been kissed? I confess that’s not quite true. About that age, I’d noticed boys and I’d kissed quite a few! But then I saw my sweetheart! Things would never be the same. My female hormones focused on playing the dating game! I chased him ‘till he...

MEN!

Do you recall the day we met? It feels like yesterday. Unhurriedly we strolled the paths That led us to today. What matter if, along that road I sometimes made you frown. What matter if, along life’s path You sometimes let me down. We’d compromise, we’d talk it...

ECLIPSE

A hunter’s moon strung heavens high Lights up the starry evening sky. Now while the earth in waiting sleeps’ How silently her shadow creeps Across the silvery lunar glow, And hides it in her dark shadow. Then just as quietly slips away. And moonbeams now come back to...

FATHERHOOD

The third trimesters come and gone. The sleepless nights now follow on, The joy that ensues after pain. Don’t worry! You’ve got much to gain. Ten tiny fingers and ten toes, That cherub mouth, that button nose. Those big green eyes, just like his dad Who now thinks he...

IN MEMORY

He shouldered arms and went to war just like so many men before. He did not question right from wrong but prayed this war would not last long. He left his wife and family. He fought to help keep others free. From Iraq to Afghanistan he served with pride, this quiet...