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Poetic Reflections

Russell White
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Pages
24
Year
2021
Language
English

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Wild Child, is a poem that reflects on my life as a young boy of 14, when I lived at my fathers place of business at Paddy's Pond, about 15 miles west of St. John's Newfoundland, I used to fly fish on Paddy's Pond for speckled trout and take them home to our cabin for breakfast.

‘My Mother’ is a poem about "you guessed it" my Mother. The one person in my life, who had a heart-of-gold. She had one hell of a life with my father, who was alcoholic.

Family, is a poem about my family with my first wife our daughter (Heather) and our son (Erik). It was, written after I returned to Winnipeg from a trip to Vegas with my younger brother Bob.

Heart of gold, is a poem about my son, who when I said I love you he would always say it back to me.

Ridiculous dreams, is a poem about my daydreams about being a rich and famous entertainer in the entertainment world. Something I'm glad to say never happened.

Kindness, is a reflection on the golden rule, do unto others as you would have done unto you.

‘Beothuk’, is a poem showing the lack of love and respect that the European settlers had for the original people of the island of Newfoundland.

‘Arrogance of Humanity’, is a poem reflecting on the arrogance of humanity in its relationship with God.

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