Poems & Selections

A Mother’s Gift

Just as the river Niger flows
Through the ages,
so does a Mother’s love
Just as Noah’s Ark provided
safe harbor from the tempest,
So does a Mother’s prayers.
And just as a physician’s hands
can heal the body
So can a Mother’s touch heal the spirit
Your love is a constant in my life
Unfailing, unquestionable,
and forever needed.

Remember me whenever you see a sunrise, Remember me whenever you see a star, Remember me whenever you see a rainbow, Or woods in Autumn colors from afar; Remember me whenever you see the roses, Or seagulls sailing high in a sky of blue; Remember me whenever you see the waves Shining in the sun […]
There will be stars over the place forever; Though the house we loved and the street we loved are lost, Every time the earth circles her orbit On the night the autumn equinox is crossed, Two stars we knew, poised on the peak of midnight Will reach their zenith; stillness will be deep; There will […]
by Robert Burns My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart’s in the Highlands a—chasing the deer— A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe; My heart’s in the Highlands, wherever I go. Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North The birth place of Valour, the country of Worth; Wherever […]
Do not stand at my grave And weep. I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds That blow. I am the diamond glints On snow. I am the sunlight On ripened grain. I am the gentle Autumn rain. When you awaken In the morning’s hush, I am the swift uplifting […]