Posted in Poems on Nov 1st, 2009
As those of you who have followed my poems know, I often write because of something in my life stirring me to comment. Quite a number of years ago my life long friend married for a second time. Both he and his lady had grown children and I chided him how someone as plain as [...]
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Posted in Poems on May 24th, 2009
I came from an extremely dysfunctional family. I know I am not alone in that regard. I have been blessed with five wonderful children and, as I grow older and the family gathers from time to time, I feel the warmth and companionship that had been missing in my own childhood. I am so grateful [...]
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Posted in Poems on May 5th, 2009
I have always found it ironic how we tend to judge others on our personal views of virtue. We rush to criticize and yet, so often, merely reinforce our own prejudice. When I was at primary school we had a young African boy join our class. He was the object of much attention. Some boys [...]
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Posted in Poems on Mar 17th, 2009
I often look at why so many people get stuck in the past and lose their opportunity to live life to the full. Similarly many just dream of the future and don’t do anything. I have always believed we must have a balance and that is what this poem is about. I hope you enjoy. [...]
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Posted in Poems on Jan 23rd, 2009
Living Have you ever wondered why so many take their life so seriously? Hoard each moment, don’t waste any; grasping time deleriously. As if living were to be consumed like food and drink, drunk to the full. Never the past to be exhumed, lest memory makes them fearful. Living should be a combination, present, past [...]
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