A Dedication to Mother

Marc and his mum

 6 months gone.

Outside it’s snowing

Blue sky and white wool flurries.

How you’d love to see Hera

Greece and Newport United.

Dancing, delighted

Our

Snow bound hound.

Hera experiencing snow for the first time

6 months gone

I’m writing this with your

Blue pen.  

My, how you loved to write

Cards and letters

To your manifold friends.  

The ballpoint came from America

A couple of Christmases ago.  

Time and time again,

You wanted one to match

The flowing fountain pen.  

You’re gone from our midst now,  

This much I know.

But I sense your fingers

Wrapped around the stem

And, although you’re ever missed,

The memories enrich.

I can write this,

And more, now and then,

So I can delight in,

Using your treasured blue pen.    

Marc and his wife, successful novelist Helen Carey, have lived in West Wales since April 2005. Besides Marc’s involvement with the charitable and public sectors, he has a keen interest in creative pursuits, and has two collections of poetry: Rewarded by Dolphins and Marcism Today. He says his poems are inspired by his relationship with his wife, the landscapes they have lived in recently, and their many travels around the world.

Blog: http://themarcistagenda.wordpress.com