Best Bethany Poems

I had this best friend you see
she was always there for me.
She went away, there were sad goodbyes
then she came back with a strangers eyes.
Time had changed her when she ran away
I miss her so, and reminisce of yesterday.
When she was always by my side
but,...

Continue reading...

Lost in the divine languor of deaths sleep
Somewhere distant he heard the call of his name…

Barely sensing the avidity of life’s gift
Recalling the auger of the messiahs promise…

He rebuked the plea under the swathe of deaths eye,

Again the distant voice demanded of him
Forcing him to...

Continue reading...

May a star be-speckled sky
be the road that lights your way, 
as a comet’s tail protects you 
and surrounds you everyday


may the moons of ages past 
cast a brilliance on your life
may motherearth hold the secrets
as your footsteps land on strife


I watched as you breached...

Continue reading...

Bethany swum for Ireland in London’s Paras, 
Her teacher dad used to be a church minister, 
She enjoys the Christian Fellowship Church, 
And raises her hands to praise god after races. 

She has an intellectual disability, memory loss, 
And comes from Seaforde in County Down,...

Continue reading...

Dedicated to Bethany Philips, my baby niece.

Her little laughter warms my heart
As woolly mittens warm my hands
She’s captured my heart from the start
As a big bucket captures sand

So sweet is her innocent smile
Sweeter than pink cotton candy
My trials I forget for a while
When her charming,...

Continue reading...

I wish my dear aunt had lived long enough
To see the fine lady I have become
She took her life; life must have been tough
The pain was too great; her feelings were numb

I wish my dear aunt had lived long enough
To sing me songs and teach...

Continue reading...

Butterflies and flowers danced
     to the happy humming of the breeze;

Even the bumblebee, busy as can be,
     bounced around so beautifully

To the merry-making, swaying green
     grass by the bubbling brook;

Here they seemed to...

Continue reading...