Mom On The Other Hand Poems

A mom and child of five passed by,
Up from the ferry crowd.
The mother focused on the path;
The daughter’s head was bowed.

The walkway, tended lovingly
By garden...

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Dad keeps pestering me.
   He wants to go see Al and he wants me to go along.
"Come on; it'll only take a little...

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A walk around the block in my parents’ neighborhood at dawn
wearing mom’s sweater and pop's sneakers with a clown hole cut out for  
...

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sharp-eyed, cool hand mom
toddler discovers ladder
dad on the roof

May 15, 2020...

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Hand Made Things

Small things made my ready hands, giving of themselves and their time. 
Time; their very lives, a measured existence between birth, life and...

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What a lovely Sunday morning in the park
Sky and lake alive and baby dressed in blue
In the stroller by the bench with mom and pop
They...

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The sun is rising yet I cannot sleep.
Longing for a home and food to eat.
A nice warm bath, a soft shimmering light.
Hopes of a place...

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THE RAISED HAND

‘Hold my hand’ said the mom, breezing across with a raised hand;
The traffic obeyed her hand; the boy too held on and ran...

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when dad left us,
each night praying for the love it would take
to fix my parents marriage.
i would pray for the kindness
i desperately needed to face...

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Well-mannered and respectful holding his black hat,
the young man asks for his daughter's hand after
her caught him kissing her in his favorite chair,
but her mother...

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He gave up his fatherly rights, each and every night;
Unbelievable evil he did by raising his evil hand,
delivering painful blows from each of his kid's...

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Those born into a family large will know whereof I speak.
Your chances of donning the newest clothes was very, very bleak!
Alas, hand-me-downs became a tradition...

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