tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590457662412508233.post2468184574784767697..comments2023-11-03T03:49:08.187-05:00Comments on Where Poetry Goes to Die: The Beginning is Nigh!W.B. Picklesworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03187309512838841997noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590457662412508233.post-26304174058871269142010-04-30T10:19:03.505-05:002010-04-30T10:19:03.505-05:00Another poet's take:
Letter To My Unborn Chil...Another poet's take:<br /><br />Letter To My Unborn Child<br />by Young Dawkins<br /><br /> Someday you will want to know<br />and I might not be here,<br />so <br />this is how you were made.<br /><br />It was a soft night<br />near the back of June,<br />clear, for a change, no rain.<br /><br />Old women were out<br />gathering healing herbs,<br />fennel, dog rose and rhu.<br /><br />Bonfires burned on all seven hills,<br />drunken young men<br />leapt through the flames.<br /><br />Down in the bogs<br />the foxfire glowed,<br />will o' the wisps edged the meadows.<br /><br />In our bed my wife laughed out loud<br />at the loving pleasure<br />of being a woman.<br /><br />Like any man, I suppose,<br />I was proud,<br />and we fell to our sleep both smiling.<br /><br />You were created<br />of passion and magic,<br />in Scotland, on Mid-Summer's Eve.<br /><br />Here in the North,<br />that augers you special,<br />your mother and I believe. <br /><br />"Letter To My Unborn Child" by Young Dawkins, from The Lilac Thief. © Sargent Press, 2009.Night Writernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590457662412508233.post-28303241261040969932010-04-27T11:43:44.398-05:002010-04-27T11:43:44.398-05:00My friend had her little boy at 1:19 this morning ...My friend had her little boy at 1:19 this morning :-) he was very over due! I think ten days late? Is he named for his Daddy then? Just noticed your initials are very similar,Justhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868125675680676234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590457662412508233.post-53852196909557657982010-04-26T12:47:34.830-05:002010-04-26T12:47:34.830-05:00Lovely!!! Do you have names chosen?Lovely!!! Do you have names chosen?Justhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868125675680676234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590457662412508233.post-14056480021350903672010-04-26T12:19:59.582-05:002010-04-26T12:19:59.582-05:00Baby's due in July and he is a boy. We're...Baby's due in July and he is a boy. We're thrilled to be starting a family and hope for many more (in due time, of course!)W.B. Picklesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187309512838841997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590457662412508233.post-44184849763161875672010-04-26T12:01:25.509-05:002010-04-26T12:01:25.509-05:00Congratulations both of you! When are you due? Do ...Congratulations both of you! When are you due? Do you know what your baby's gender is? So exciting!!!Justhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868125675680676234noreply@blogger.com