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TENDER LETTERS

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Anne Watmough

    Solitary seagull on floodlight high I see you as I look up to the sky Solitary seagull when you come to land Please take this bread from my hand I walk the path of life alone Solitary seagull do you have a home? Come warm yourself by my fire Your mood might lift […]

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TO WALK WITH YOU

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Anne Watmough

  The splendor of walking a dog Into the brierly hills Where pastured sheep Hungrily chew the cud   Rising their tiny heads Saying “Good morrow!” The dog chases “It will be when I have you!” it replies   You put one foot in front of your heavy staff The other following without a breath […]

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This Child, This Man

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Anne Watmough

    I named you Son I loved you from your tiny little egg From inside me you came out of the blue Into the morning light on a Winter’s Monday morning In a life where joy had been forever underground In a mindset cavern Then looking into those newborn eyes Love was branded onto […]

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