WELCOME!

This is a "first" for me, so I ask that you please bear with the initial set up and creation of this blog.....your patience and attendance here are appreciated!

This blog is intended as a personal project to share with you poems and daily quotations that were written by my mother. She was called "Home" in March of 2010, overtaken by lung cancer. I took on the task of opening her life through the treasures she left behind. In doing so, I came upon a box full of poetry that she had written over the years of my life, as well as her "daily quotes" that she would just jot down at a moment's notice.

My mother inspired my love for poetry from a young age, as well as assisting me in what I perceived as the challenge of writing my thoughts and feelings down on paper. From time to time you may notice a few of my own here, nestled gently in with hers.

I hope that you enjoy what you find here.....feel free to share them, for this is my gift to her and you; the pleasure, comfort and at times humor in the writings of another.

Friday, January 21, 2011

DEAR TEACHER

The things in school are so strange
And you stand so straight and tall;
If you could be inside of me
I know that you'd feel small

The kids in other grades are big
And, gee, they're so much bolder;
I hope to be the same as them
When I get another year older

So, please try to understand
If I make noise and shout;
I'm really not a naughty boy
Although sometimes I pout

I'm just trying to find out
What you want me to do;
And if I've made mistakes sometimes
You'll forgive me please, won't you?

T.  1971
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