© 2023 Gail Barrie
• April Hug • © 2023 Gail Barrie
• March Hug • © 2023 Gail Barrie
Whimsical Belated Couplets for My 50-Year Valentine
If true love had worn braces There’d be a lot more smiling faces. For every Barbie there’s a Ken, For perfect breasts there’s easy men. The overbite that marred my grin Was proof against a facile win. But I found…
• February Hug • © 2023 Gail Barrie
Four Blessings
In a soul winter’s night emerges desire (When bleakness is steeped in the dark) For the warmth of a heart to kindle a fire Of caring, if only a spark. Four prayers, four blessings I ask To brighten an inner…
Let love soften places that have hardened. Prepare to let new life emerge. © 2023 Gail Barrie
• January Hug • © 2023 Gail Barrie
2023
Think about it. For 364 days Each one begins a new year That has no number. With each dawn I hope That I will act A bit more wisely today Than I did in the yesterday now gone. The days…
Deep in my belly There is praise For both sweet And unsavory It took me a while To get here Amen. © 2022 Gail Barrie
