A Song for Aubrey Claire
You’ve got the world wrapped around your finger And yes, you can change the world I see you changing my world now As your hand round my finger curls You can already steal my heart You will always inspire my thoughts From your tiny birth, you start Beginning to tie the knots And, you will…
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Happy, Blessed, Grace
Poems and songs are always a work-in-progress and never feel quite complete. But then, I guess that is especially appropriate for poems about grandchildren – they are definitely a work-in-progress. This one is for Gwyneth Anna Mitchell born 2016-09-14. Happy, Blessed, Grace She is Blessed to be a Blessing True Happiness guides her ways…
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Violet
You have got my heart on a string. I haven’t even met you and you You have got my heart on a string. You are brightening my senses Ignoring all my defenses You have got my heart on a string. You’ve a name that makes me think light, Posies and roses, sun-beams bright Wonderland, daisy…
Continue readingThe Heart is Full
Upon this day, my heart is full The fam’ly tree that once was two, Now has branches fully pulled, And bowed and stretched and turned askew The stems are laden with the fruit And fill the soul with rev’rent bliss The outflow of two hearts that grew As sealed upon the lips that kiss A…
Continue readingEarth Day 2014
Life marches ever onward Thousands of years come and go Constant motion of the tides Beings that ebb and flow Yet, there’s a change this Earth Day Parents and all grandparents Children arrive one-by-one This blue-green fragile planet The jewel of many suns Light begins a new Earth Day Made from nothing but stardust She…
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