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Long-Stemmed Promises

Long-stemmed Promises sweet babies need sleep, sustenance and love. Sounds easy enough. Ask the sleepless mother who feels the diaper rash more than the infant. Ask the mother whose child is the bully or the bullied or the social outcast. Ask the mother of the child Hooked on drink and drugs, the troubled ones. Ask the mother of the adult child growing her own long-stemmed promises. Kathryn McLoughlin Collins November 5, 2005

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Daver Austin

Date: 7/23/2012 3:18:00 PM

You nailed it, Kathy! I am a parent. I can really get into this one. Congrats on the selection. Love, daver

Keith Bickerstaffe

Date: 5/8/2012 6:40:00 AM

Very well contrived and rendered... mothers so often bear the full burden of child rearing and discipline. What an apt title! Well done Kathryn!! Best wishes, Keith

Sylvia Coulstock

Date: 2/2/2012 9:43:00 AM

Hi Kathryn-This is one of my favourite of yours.I am now a great-grandmother but can relate to what you have written-so beautifully-in my own experience or through that of friends.Some of your words really moved me.Yet I'm sure I speak for most mothers that even with all the many challenges we would not forgo the experience and the joys of motherhood.A lovely poem ,I would like it as one of my favourites.Thank you Love June(sylvia)

Kathryn Collins
Date: 2/5/2012 9:07:00 AM

Thank you June (sylvia?), I'm so thankful for your touching comments. Life brings so many circumstances a young mother does not dream of. love, Kathy

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 1/18/2012 11:53:00 AM

I stopped by your poetry today to see if you have written anything new Kathryn. Do continue to write and share your poetry. Love, Carol

Kathryn Collins
Date: 1/19/2012 10:47:00 AM

Thanks Carol. I was away for a week and now I plan to get down to posting again. You are sweet to check on me. love, Kathy