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Sunday, May 8, 2011

One Stop Poetry Anthony Desmond Flash55


Mother’s Day, Davis was born in a Notting Hill Gate flat.

He was a good baby for an American expat.

His mother, the illustrious painter, grew orchids in the bath.

They lived by selling the flowers.

She sang to him, for a future, of joy and regard.

The song, Sally Gardens, she gave him that.



courtesy photograph Anthony Desmond copyright 2011



7 comments:

  1. got a little celtic in her...or maybe just some yeats? nice 55...

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  2. Nice 55. I would like to hear the Silly Garden song.... thank you for sharing.

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  3. This is sweet, and I agree... a little celtic in her maybe.

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  4. Sounds like a lovely little flat to grow up in...certainly a haven for the creative. Sweet little piece, very warm and inviting.

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  5. Brian Yeats yes, this is a song I still sing to make nightmares go away for my teenagers.

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  6. In retrospect it is a touch sentimental. It was Mother's Day yesterday. Thank you also knightheart, Reflections, cianphelan

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  7. Nice and I have to agree with Chris it sounds like a lovely flat to grow up in..you had me at orchids in the bath.

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