Parents Poem by Raymond Farrell

Parents



My mother
Was a raging
Irish torrent
My father
Was Irish too
But calmly
Disposed
He died
When I was 12
And my mother
Raised me
I respected
And loved her
Temper and all.

Raymond Farrell
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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Sofia Kioroglou 18 February 2016

Love it Ray! You have a distinctive voice in poetry which I like.

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Raymond Farrell 19 February 2016

That's a real compliment, and I thank you for it.

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Kelly Kurt 08 July 2015

A mirror of my life. Mother died young, Sweet poem, Ray

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