Category Archives: Caring

Stand Up Stand Up

  Stand Up, Stand Up: You Are Strong Stand up, stand up for the poor, The disenfranchised and the ableless, Stand up for the homeless, Never turn them from your door. Stand up, stand up for what is right, Fight … Continue reading

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Guest Blog plus I, Advocate

  Guest Blog by Arden Nering A Thousand Pieces At first I didn’t notice that you’d already started to go I thought it was just normal, your age starting to show A second here, a moment there, a blurring of … Continue reading

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There is poetry in service

  There is poetry in service There is poetry in service, There is love in nursing care, Tenderness tends to trump clumsy, There’s dignity in fixing her hair. And service is an ode to the poet Who lives in your … Continue reading

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One Rose

  One Rose A Fontanelle H. W. Bryce Pop-pop-pop-pop And three men fall Pop-pop-pop-pop And three more die Blood paints designs On the whitewashed wall Six souls rise from bodies once tall No one asks why A little girl recoils … Continue reading

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One Rose

  One Rose A Fontanelle H. W. Bryce Pop-pop-pop-pop And three men fall Pop-pop-pop-pop And three more die Blood paints designs On the whitewashed wall Six souls rise from bodies once tall No one asks why A little girl recoils … Continue reading

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My Prayer for You

  My Prayer for You My prayer for you each morning: That you are home and safe at night. I love you far too much to lose you, You know my heart is ever true. My prayer for you at … Continue reading

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Once Upon a Mind

  Once Upon a Mind H. W. Bryce Once upon a mind I had dreams, I made plans, I lived my utmost day by day, I was bold, I had my say, I broke the bonds, I ope’d the bans, … Continue reading

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