List: For my child

Every once in a while, never as often as I might like, I write a poem that I would want my son, when he is older and I may have walked on to another stage of being, to read an remember: I love him.

• Being DAD

  It starts with a promise. You know the one,

  40 lines, 28 comments, on Nov 28 10:57 PM 2007. In Love, Family, Discovery, Lessons
• Berries for Breakfast

  Barefoot and fancy free with a touch of mud
  upon the cheek, you wandered

  32 lines, 26 comments, on Jan 18 11:18 AM. In Love, Delight, Spiritual, Joy, Magical
• Older

  My son tackles me.
  I have, just, come through the door.

  24 lines, 27 comments, on Mar 14 11:41 PM. In Personal, Life, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Trust In The Love

  The sprout to sprig creates
  leafy spread. How quick

  40 lines, 17 comments, on Oct 22 2:39 PM 2007. In Family, Love, Spiritual
• Mecury under foot

  He repeats the same joke, over and over, trying different punch lines, till he can find the one that makes me laugh. He calles me a pickle

  11 lines, 70 comments, on May 22 10:12 AM 2007. In Love, Life, Spiritual, Prose Poem
• okay

  prompt is ?

  16 lines, 20 comments, on Nov 4 7:29 AM 2007. In Love, Life
• The Final Mutation

  Parents are scarred by youth.
  Children ravage the heart often .

  49 lines, 15 comments, on Jun 25 4:30 PM. In Love, Spiritual, Parenting, Child rearing.
• Dad's Last Stand

  In the face of petulance and forbodding
  I will ignore my reservations and and reserve

  31 lines, 21 comments, on Jul 13 8:25 PM. In Love, Wry humor, Parentiing, Adolescence, Spiritual

• right now

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