Tag Archives: Father

DAD, I’M GLAD

Posted on June 18, 2018 by elainedanforth

Dad, I’m so glad your strong self and presence and love I once had. But then, I was grown. . . Time to go out on my own, a time of challenge enough, when, as I would not have thought, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Dad, Father, Growth, Life, Love, Path, Support, Way | Leave a comment

THE CROSSING

Posted on December 21, 2016 by elainedanforth

Near tears. No not near. There. A leap of faith I now no longer need to take. It’s took. I’ve breached the breadth of one said stream– what looked a river, despite my spine-chill-prompted shiver, was but a brook. Thank … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems | Tagged Breach, Brook, Crossing, Earth, Father, Fear, Feeling, Heaven, Leap of faith, Mother, Opening, Path, Reaching out, River, Sadness, Tears | Leave a comment

HOW YOU DID WHAT MOM AND DAD WOULD HAVE YOU DO

Posted on August 4, 2016 by elainedanforth

To some degree you’ve always done the things for which your dad and mom to have you do had some or other kind of need. To cry, when no one noticed your true hunger or your thirst, or when you … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Burial, Children, Crying, Dad, Death, Earth, Father, Grief, Heaven, Hell, Life, Meaning of Life, Mom, Mother, Needs, Parents, Scattering of Ashes | Leave a comment

DADDY DADDY DADDY DADDY DADDY

Posted on June 19, 2016 by elainedanforth

Daddy Daddy Daddy Daddy Daddy you left so soon– I was not ready. . . I felt alone. . . the love you gave to me, I missed so much. . . the wonder ways you had to teach and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Appreciation, Crying, Daddy, Father, Grief, Loss, Love, Memory, Miss you, Remembrance, Sadness | Leave a comment

THE FACE OF MY MOTHER, THE FACE OF MY FATHER

Posted on June 7, 2016 by elainedanforth

The face of my mother. . . the face of my father. . . the face of my brother– all of these I see in the mirror. . . Struggling hard not to be dusted under the rug, forgotten or … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Ashes, Birds, Blood lines, Brother, Coal, Family, Father, Life, Love, Mother, Ruins, Souls, Struggle for life, Transformation | Leave a comment

FROM THE CROOK OF THE ARMS OF AN EARTHLY MOTHER

Posted on May 10, 2016 by elainedanforth

Comfy and warm in the crook of the arms of an earthly mother. . . Lit by the points of the stars and the moon and the sun of the one I’ve been told is our father– yours, mine and … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Comfort, Determination, Earth, Father, Life, Light, Love, Moon, Mother, Purpose, Stars, Stretch, Sun, Warmth | Leave a comment

DADDY, HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

Posted on November 25, 2015 by elainedanforth

Daddy I miss you now! I miss you how? How gone? So long? We barely knew ye. . . though we learned much in your arms, in your voice, in all of your skill and the stuff you could teach, … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry, Seasons, Winter | Tagged Dad, Father, Kiss, Learn, Love, Play, Remembrance | Leave a comment

A MOTHER AND A FATHER AND A LIFE

Posted on February 18, 2015 by elainedanforth

A mother and a father. . . a privilege to know both. . . so lucky those who also knowledge and acquaintance with their grandparents can boast, for these forbears– the colors of their eyes, the feelings of their stares– … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems) | Tagged Bees, Butterflies, Buzz, Crop, Far and wide, Father, Flit, Flowers, Fly, Force, Forward, Give, Give Forward, Grandparents, Heart, Heart stopping, Hop, Issue forth, Labors, Legs, Life, Life goes on, Love, Lucky, Mingling, Mother, Opening, Parentage, Parenting, Parents, Poetry, Power, Predict, Privilege, Reap, Receiving, Seeing, Spread, Thought, Time, WIngs, World | Leave a comment

OH! FOR THE LOVE

Posted on August 21, 2014 by elainedanforth

Oh! For the love of a mother. . . and then, Oh! for the love of my bosom brother. . . and again, I’m feeling the loss of the one that’s so long’s been over and done, the love of … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Acceptance, Appreciation, Brother, Confidence, Father, Feeling, Future, Knowing, Life, Loss, Love, Mother, Past, Poetry, Reaching out, Seeing, Thought, Uncertainty | Leave a comment

CINDERELLA EDGES STITCHED AND CROSSED

Posted on June 16, 2013 by elainedanforth

A deal we struck– you demanded due return for me to learn from you to turn your squeaky wheel, a step that in those days, I had to get to set me free. . . though never learned at mother’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Cinderella, Dancing, Deal, Driving, Edges, Fairy Tale, Father, Feeling, Freedom, Goodbye, Learning, Love, Needlework, Poetry, Remembrance, Sewing, Sleep, Warmth | Leave a comment