Sunday, August 26, 2012

This & That





A MOTHER’S LOVE
By: Donna L Martin

Alas, my poor fair-haired child
With eyes that twinkle so,
You’ll never meet your own mother,
Her hugs you’ll never know.

You’ll never know all the times
She held you late at night.
Kissing away your little tears,
Making it all seem right.

You’ll soon forget all the times
The love she showered on you,
When making your first halting steps
And saying your first words, too.

But as each year passes you by
When closing your eyes at night,
Try to remember your mother’s love
Shining out like a heavenly light.

Even though she’s left too soon
When her warmth you needed to find,
She may have gone to some other place
Yet she’s left her love behind.


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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. - Sidney Smith

The vital point to remember is that the swine who just sent your pearl of a story back with nothing but a coffee-stain and a printed rejection slip can be wrong. You cannot take it for granted that heis wrong, but you have an all-important margin of hope that might be enough to keep you going. - Brian Stableford

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short. - Henry David Thoreau

An essential element for good writing is a good ear: One must listen to the sound of one's own prose. - Barbara Tuchman

The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly as possible. - Mark Twain



12 comments:

  1. Beautiful, very beautiful Donna. Reminds me of a poem I wrote about a Mothers Love, a while ago now.

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    1. Hi Diane! Thanks for your kind words...this poem was written for one of my nephews when he was about 5 years old...many, many years ago...

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  2. Such a beautiful poem. Just a small tear in my eye.

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    1. Hi Annalisa! I'm glad you liked my poem...I wrote it more than 30 years ago for one of my nephews...

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  3. I'm with Thoreau! It's amazing how long it takes to make something short! :)

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    1. Hi Susanna! I agree with you...it's amazing how long it can take sometimes!

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  4. Hey Donna - nice to meet you - thanks for stopping by my blog. Can't wait for GUTGAA. Love that Thoreau quote and your poem.

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    1. Hi Leslie and welcome to my blog! Yeah, I think the Thoreau quote is my favorite this week...

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  5. Beautiful poem, Donna! I'm jealous you can write so many different genres and age groups!

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    1. Hi Tina! Thank you for your kind words, but please don't be jealous...just because I write in different genres doesn't mean they're any good...;-)

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  6. Had to lol at the Mark Twain quote.

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    1. Hi JP! He certainly had a point...;~)

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