The birds sang so loud that they became the music

The twittering echo of summer laced into the chill of winter

And weaved into the warmth of the sun in a tapestry

Of shadow and light, day and night

And dewdrops cling to the grass from the night before

Like a mother to her baby in a hospital ward

A hand to the chest, a mouth to the breast

From breathing to suckling, one body to...

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I love my dad

I wake to see him leave for work

Bothered, busy and a berk

Hat, keys, a kiss for mum and gone

The door shuts but opens again oddly

To whom has the pleasure so fondly?

A mother knows best it seems

As the Milkman’s round

What would dad say?

What should I say if anything at all?

It's not my place to feel so small

Holding the atomic smash of a b...

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Memento Mori

Sun shone through the greying lace,

And highlighted her wrinkled face.

Dormant now, no signs of breath,

Not unexpected, a timely death.

Months of pain relieved by time,

Old age being nature’s ultimate crime.

A better place her soul now seeks,

Drying tears nestled on hollowed cheeks.

This disappearing woman faded from sight,

Unnoticed, she left us all...

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