Tag: poetry

  • Who is Behind Me?

    Who is behind me Who follows my lead We’ll conquer together An end to their greed The prompt ‘Who is behind me’ is an orphan prompt from the Indie Ink Challenge. I would have liked to have expanded this more – and maybe will separately – but there’s too much poetry to be written for…

  • The Toddler and the Kitten

    The toddler and the kitten came face to face one day Hello said she Meow said he And each sat down to play Where shall we go To catch a mouse What shall we do Play in my doll house It’s time for our tea I’ll have fish It’s time for a bath A splash…

  • Heritage

    Heritage

    This is a poem written by my grandmother, Brigid Valerie Rever (nee Hanley) – or just plain, Val. She was from Ireland and met my grandfather, an American, during WWII when she was a nurse in England. She moved to America after she had my father (born in England). I never really knew my paternal…