(6th August,1945 / Melbourne, Australia)

Poems of Alison Cassidy

1. ! ! ! The Dead Leaf 12/20/2009
2. ! ! ! Trading on E-bay 1/16/2010
3. ! ! A Graceful Octogenarian 1/20/2009
4. ! ! A Guilty Secret 11/9/2009
5. ! ! A Practical Kind of Loving 7/8/2009
6. ! ! Aging with Grace? 11/29/2009
7. ! ! Alan's Alzheimers 7/17/2009
8. ! ! All Cheeks 4/11/2009
9. ! ! Dancing with Dylan 8/10/2009
10. ! ! Dirt Under the Fingernails 9/15/2009
11. ! ! Hand-fed 12/31/2009
12. ! ! It's the Tattered End of Autumn 5/21/2009
13. ! ! Just Gus 7/2/2009
14. ! ! Mother's Last Mothers Day 5/9/2009
15. ! ! Poe-Tree 9/13/2008
16. ! ! Roadworker with Sign 12/27/2009
17. ! ! St Andrews Market 10/3/2009
18. ! ! The Empty Nest 9/26/2009
19. ! ! Tiny Fingers 10/12/2009
20. ! ! Two Galahs 7/26/2009

Your Hands

Your hands are always warm,
smooth and good to hold.
Still amazing beautiful too,
despite the scars and spots of age.

Your hands are broad and strong,
with Mount of Venus high
and nails (always manicured)
shaped like fine almonds.

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