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Mother and Baby

New mother and babe
  Nurturing, nursing, cooing
     ~ Father's chopped liver



          January 02, 2019
  Senryu on Mother Poetry Contest
       Sponsor: Jenish Somadas

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Kai Michael Neumann

January 11, 2020 at 7:12 AM

Who chopped the liver? Congratulations on your win, Kai

Gershon Wolf

January 11, 2020 at 8:55 PM

Ha, ha! Great question, Kai! Thanks for noticing my placement in the contest. Cheers, Gershon

Andrea Dietrich

January 10, 2020 at 3:25 PM

haha. I enjoyed the humor in yours!!

Gershon Wolf

January 11, 2020 at 8:54 PM

Thank you so much, Andrea! :) gw

Jc Hawkens

January 9, 2020 at 8:13 PM

lol, that last line. I just love it. Congrats on your win. JC

Gershon Wolf

January 9, 2020 at 10:05 PM

JC appreciate your encouragement and support! Cheers, Gerhson

Eve Roper

January 9, 2020 at 7:15 PM

Gershon, I love the last line. Sometimes that happens, baby's can sense emotions. My grandbaby does that to my son who loves him very much. I see his hurt in his eyes. Congratulations on your win in Jenish' contest. Hugs Eve

Gershon Wolf

January 9, 2020 at 10:04 PM

Thanks, Eve, for sharing such a perceptive, sensitive observation, and for noticing my placement in the contest. Warm wishes, Gershon

Jenish Somadas

January 9, 2020 at 12:30 AM

Thank you for sharing this wonderful senryu in my contest..

Gershon Wolf

January 9, 2020 at 2:52 PM

And thanks for the HM in the contest, Jenish! :) gw

Caren Krutsinger

January 5, 2020 at 3:02 AM

Nicely done; well felt!

Gershon Wolf

January 5, 2020 at 12:25 PM

Thanks, 'Mom.' ~ Gershon

Mark Toney

January 3, 2020 at 5:53 PM

Gershon, I love it. This reminds me when my 45-year-old was a newborn, and my wife worked days and I worked nights. I would come home around 6:30AM and my wife would be waiting to put our son in my arms as she kissed me goodbye on her way out. Good times!!! Sometimes circumstances are thrust upon us :) ~Mark

Gershon Wolf

January 4, 2020 at 9:03 PM

Sounds like a relay race, but one that tugs at the hearts, (esp. the mother's heart in most cases). As you put it well: Circumstances so often dictate how we live. Thanks for the n-depth, insightful comment, Mark. Best wishes, Gershon

Brenda Chiri

January 3, 2020 at 1:16 PM

My ex thought all he had to do was pay child support! Sad he missed out on the best part of being a parent! Still he argues to this day that he did his part in raising the kids but he fails to realize that he didn't raise them at all the kids wanted his time!;(

Brenda Chiri

January 4, 2020 at 2:11 AM

True my friend and they hold such anger towards him yet he still does not see he was wrong! But I won't talk about him in front of my kids they must decide for themselves what they feel for him!;)

Gershon Wolf

January 3, 2020 at 3:51 PM

Yup. Kids just want you to be there for them. Some folks never do figure that out! Problem is that it's not just his loss; it's even moreso the kids' loss. On the other hand, at least child support was pad. Sometimes that's a huge problem too. ~ VOE (Voce of Experience. LOL).

Anisha Dutta

January 2, 2020 at 11:14 PM

Why ? Couldn't follow.

Gershon Wolf

January 3, 2020 at 12:10 PM

Permit me to explain. 'Chopped liver' is a bit of a putdown, such as 'second class' or inferior (quality.) So here, the father is second-class when it comes to taking care of baby, b/c mother s by far the main player... ~ Gershon

Juliet Ligon

January 2, 2020 at 8:13 PM

Sad, but true for some.

Gershon Wolf

January 2, 2020 at 9:15 PM

I know fathers who'd rather watch sports than read to or play with their babes... and I know fathers who do more with their babes than their wives do! Different strokes, I guess... Thanks for commenting, and Happy 2020, Gershon

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