Funeral Poem – BereavementPoems Poem for my Grandfather funeral You will always be in my heart! Sometimes I wish I embraced you And never let your smile pass by But you are gone; I can’t change that No matter how much I sulk and cry ...
Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father’s fault. Sally won’t be in school for a week from Friday. We have to attend her funeral. Please excuse little Jimmy for not being in school yesterday. His father is gone and I could not get him ready because I was in bed with the...
This is the fourth short story I’ve written that has the current pandemic as an underlying theme. The other three:Lost and Found(in five parts),Be the Change, andGathering Storm, can be found by clicking on the categoryShort Stories and Poems, above. I hope you enjoy it. Who Needs W...
That is pretty much all the action there is in “On the Floor”: a young woman who has severe difficulties in walking goes into the dining-room, slips when she reaches for a chair to steady herself on, falls to the floor, and lies there, helpless, until someone will come along and f...
I felt the poet’s renewal and healing, and breathed the fresh air captured in one of her final poems: Static Apnoea Astonished I froze, facing a whale.Eyes adjusted and focused, I becamenervous, for I came without a song.Eyes adjusted and focused, she gaveme a gentle prod, lifted her...
In Susan Hill’sThe Woman in Black(1983) a young solicitor attends the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House, which stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery. When the young man glimpses a pale young woman dressed all in black, he ...
(2) They used oral poems to record the history of England. (3) In the 10th century. (4) Because so many different people from other countries came to England. (5) It was King Henry IV. 26 (1) Because it uses characters which have meanings and can stand alone as words. (2) Chine...
During the short flight, I sat staring out the window and didn’t exchange a word with a single person. My tearful mother picked me up in her Cadillac when my flight landed. From there it was on to the funeral home to pick out a casket and plan a dignified burial. I kept thinking ...
Things For Which I Am Grateful: President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral will be this Thursday. I hope the OP watches it and learns something positive. It’s too bad more churches never met, or if they did, killed him quick, Jesus. Had I attended the Carter’s church in Plains, GA, ...
ironic sense of humour and his poems are humorous and moving. Olivia O’Leary is also a lovely interviewer and she got him to read some gorgeous poems and describe the challenges of his work as poet laureate i.e. writing poems for the great occasions. I loved how he described poetry writ...