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Mothers' Day Wishes


Maybe this year, he’ll remember:

Once a year’s not asking much

To send a bunch of flowers –

Has he even heard of such?

Even if he has, seems the florist’s

Rather too far for him to walk,

So he just sends a token;

Doesn’t even want to talk

At length to me, or even phone.

Yet he surely must have known

What I wish from him today

Is not a gift and a card, at most

Sent without a loving thought,

Hastily tossed in the post.

Easy is my wish this year:

Son, I’d love to see you here.

🌷(3)

MothersDay

◄ Let there be Peace

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C Richard Miles

Sun 14th Mar 2021 20:41

Haven't posted much (or written much) recently but here's an old one appropriate for today (although I lost Mum in 2016 at the good age of 91!)

Going through & sorting some of my past poems as there's still not a lot to doo during lockdown & have recorded (not very good quality) Audio versions of most of them now so updating some of the old blog posts where they were lacking.

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