At forty seven,
I now look back and reflect,
-my hells and heavens.
Copyright 2009
Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
NaPoWriMo Poem #22
Tyrone’s Birthday
By Edward S. Gault
Rod, his brother, remembers the day
They shot Tyrone down.
They just drove by
and started shooting
like they didn’t care who they hit.
Tyrone had turned seven.
He was at his birthday party
on the porch.
His mother remembers
The way he asked for a bicycle,
and how she thought
he was growing up too fast.
She had a nice red bicycle all ready for him
in the garage.
She had spent all morning on the cake,
angel food with a motorcycle on top;
next, he would be want one of those too.
Rod told me how he had taught Tyrone
to throw a baseball just right;
and coached him how to shoot a basketball
through the hoop every time.
He wanted to give Tyrone dreams
because that’s all he had to give him.
Rod wanted much more for the boy
than he had had.
He knew about gangs.
His voice cracked when he told me,
The bullet had been meant for him.
Copyright©2009
By Edward S. Gault
Rod, his brother, remembers the day
They shot Tyrone down.
They just drove by
and started shooting
like they didn’t care who they hit.
Tyrone had turned seven.
He was at his birthday party
on the porch.
His mother remembers
The way he asked for a bicycle,
and how she thought
he was growing up too fast.
She had a nice red bicycle all ready for him
in the garage.
She had spent all morning on the cake,
angel food with a motorcycle on top;
next, he would be want one of those too.
Rod told me how he had taught Tyrone
to throw a baseball just right;
and coached him how to shoot a basketball
through the hoop every time.
He wanted to give Tyrone dreams
because that’s all he had to give him.
Rod wanted much more for the boy
than he had had.
He knew about gangs.
His voice cracked when he told me,
The bullet had been meant for him.
Copyright©2009
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Happy Birthday to Someone Very Special!
Blow out the candlesBuild your castles in the sky
-make wishes, and fly!
Copyright 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
A Little Artist
Child sits on the couch,coloring a rainbow splash
-mother's birthday card.
Copyright 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
NaPoWriMo Poem #29 A Birthday Haiku
Every new yearNow brings to my attention
-all things left to do!
Copyright 2008
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