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poem- blind

To a tiny toddling boy you exclaimed his father’s stupidity and explained to the confused face that he was mommy’s best friend. No pressure for his future wife, that.   Tagged: alliteration, assonance,...

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poem-who knew?

Who knew when love first entangled that rapture yields both blessing and anguish? Anticipated joy dashed by disability, disease, dread, death. Watching beloved baby suffer and the love that begat all...

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quote- babies: possibilities and reality

My daughter was born on Good Friday, and Easter Sunday found me in the hospital chapel.  The pastor was speaking about change.  I sat in the back and bawled.  I didn’t know exactly why I was crying,...

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poem- where

When you went away full of dreams and plans we waved your plane off and wondered how reality could possibly live up to your unreasonable expectations. We let you go to find your way and when nothing is...

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poem- journeys

Like a stone on the beach she picked him up, and took him home. He filled her with new life, and they held companionable hands, two became four. Beneath the bubble,   Poisons devoured him in relentless...

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