got to love
a man with
a sense of humour;
our friend  mac
has come to visit,
with his
scottish terrier pup
named mcduff.
only so he can,
take him for walks
and cry out
"lead on mcduff, lead on"

Writers don’t write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don’t. If you wrote from experience, you’d get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy. — Nikki Giovanni

That pretty alphabet counts twenty-six                                                                   For us to make pretty words                                                                                     For our loved ones ...                                                                                                Our loved ones appreciate                                                                                         Our pretty words                                                                                                       We write for them ...                                                                                                  We write the best words and                                                                                    The lovely terms of love just                                                                                       To express our true love to them ...                                                                             Our love is always true and sincere                                                                      In its words and in its contents ...                                                                          As long as we have this pretty alphabet,then                                                     We can make as many lovely words                                                                    As we can ....