wasn’t a burden transcribed for us. Most times, it’s not  weight that sink a ship. I know you do not like reading what was scribbled for us. I think you knew more children that I know. The cold is not leaving us soon. It has…

“Christmas is the one day, all is merry, The whole family, gathers together, Opening gifts, Sharing stories, On Christmas all is merry and well.   No bad thoughts, No bad moments, No bad feelings, No anger, No disputes, None of this is, allowed on Christmas….

“Just be still, and listen” You will hear the voice inside of you You will be led You will be fed You will never be in want, if you just listen

“Fluffy clouds, In the sky, How many forms do you take? Oh, fluffy clouds, Every year you cry, Bringing us rain and water, Filling our rivers and lakes to the brim.   Oh, fluffy clouds, Please don’t be angry with us, Your anger brings us…

“Books were safer than other people anyway.” I can open a book and peer inside I can read its meaning See its dark side Know what’s in its belly People are not so anyway

Red, yellow, and blue, We see colours everywhere; Colourful empire.

To my son, I hope that you are happy And that you are always able to know what that is Stay out of trouble if you can But go into it if you must Know that I don’t care who you love As long as…

I wonder what you think of me Writing out all these lines Deep in the night I am not crazy, though to write you have to be And I am not masochistic Although to write… well… Turn my eyes in on my chest Trying to…

I swear, what was written tastes better than apple served by the hands of a lover. I know men who mistook their stupidity for cleverness. I am against nothing but a man who doesn’t feel the end of this poem as the end of a…

Tea and cookies on an ornate plate wait for young ladies to sit down and hear the old tales from old men who know nothing of secrets that they keep and lies they tell and promis- es that die