Closer to Home – Written Tuesday 21st September 2010 (Aged 35)

children,
their own children –
appear little more –
than kid scapegoats

Nurture – Written Thursday 14th September 2010 (Aged 35)

but in reality,
what they need is nurture
and to be cared for
to be held and told they are loved

Do The Children Need Your Labels? – Written Thursday 21st May 2009 (Aged 34)

full of confidence, negotiating life
fully able to take the bends
will they fly their kites
with the very best of friends

Raise a Child – Written May 2009 (Aged 34)

i am always –
looking at myself
i see reflections of the past
and they reveal nobody else

They Will Rebel – Written Friday 1st September 2006 (Aged 31)

they will rebel
once the blanket is removed
and the truth we tell –
stops being a murmur
and matures into a yell

Parental Damage – Written Sunday 13th August 2006 (Aged 31)

what mother
willfully imposes a condition
on their child
one they have clearly not got

We Would Like the Chance to be Tired – Friday 12th July 2019

we would like the weekends
to be full of frustration
as try to cross town
trying to get to multiple places
and we would like to be frustrated

The Children Thing – Thursday June 13th 2019

The Children Thing i find the children thing harderi am finding it harder to be happy for othersi am reminded … More

Daughter and Son

Daughter and Son the two differin one, you are in awe of herand she is amazingyou are proud and write … More

People Ask Me If I Have Children

People Ask Me If I Have Children people ask me, do you have children?and no answer i have can explain … More