Category Archives: family

Painted Hearts

Posted on 14 February, 2012 by PoetJanstie

(for BJ) You paint for love and making home a warm and loving place to be I paint with words my heart’s relief at knowing you’re still with me. And, whilst we seem to play away with different loves, divergent … Continue reading →

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Posted in emotion, family, Love, poem, poetry | 28 Comments

The Poppy

Posted on 11 November, 2011 by PoetJanstie

When I see a poppy I see the symbol of something that it’s easy to forget; not a logo, a stripe or a statement of rank. It’s neither corporate image nor party colour, nor crucifix. It is not even… …a … Continue reading →

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Posted in courage, family, Free Verse, Heroes, Hope, poem, poetry, political, Preachy, Religious, sadness, War | 7 Comments

Perfection

Posted on 10 October, 2011 by PoetJanstie

I walked and wandered, we talked, I sang, but also had to sit awhile for what seemed like an age. You’d had a surfeit at the bar you had leaked a bit from both ends… and seemed uncomfortable, unhappy, not … Continue reading →

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Posted in children, emotion, family, Hope, Love, poem, poetry, Religious | 2 Comments

A Lion is Born

Posted on 5 October, 2011 by PoetJanstie

(For Leo) It was amid an Indian summer, deep in the season’s golden glow when we would normally expect the crisp and still of autumn’s chill, beckonning a hint of winter’s snow. For two days there had been no cloud. … Continue reading →

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Posted in age, children, environment, family, Hope, Love, nature, poem, poetry, wisdom | 8 Comments

Sixty

Posted on 13 June, 2011 by PoetJanstie

Imagine if you will one day in nineteen fifty one a babe was born, a girl, and a special life begun. When she was two, but why would anyone resist the apple of her doting father’s eye and her mother’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in age, anniversary, conservation, family, fun, green, Love, nature, poem, poetry, story | 7 Comments

Jessica Tenth of May

Posted on 10 May, 2011 by PoetJanstie

Jessica Tenth of May, we love you dear. We love the very day that you were born; a time of year when you can always hear bird song echo spring across the lawn. The time of year that follows, after … Continue reading →