{"id":668,"date":"2014-05-11T12:17:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T12:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=668"},"modified":"2025-02-25T18:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:32:08","slug":"the-women-happy-mothers-day-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=668","title":{"rendered":"The Women ~ Happy Mother’s Day MOM!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I  have an online flip-book of poetry in the process of being finished called The Woman ~ as perceived by The Man<\/a> (soon to be in print).  The book contains art from four women who are world class artists, Denise Denomy, Regina A. Walker, Azzi Kalili-Williams and Era Tak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poem that follows to my two daughters is from the book. The poem embodies the loving spirit of my mother which the love my mother gave me, I in turn tried to give to my daughters when they were growing up. These days my 2nd daughter is a mother herself and I see the spirit of my mother’s love in her towards her children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom and my daughter …. I am truly grateful for all The Women in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Women<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

oh my two
sweet   ~   little
adorably precious
and beautiful girls
your daddy
will love you
~   forever
as you become
the women
I\u2019m hoping
yes   ~   praying
you both want
and shall be
oh   ~   how
they did love
to sit upon my lap
snuggly dressed
for bed
wearing those
cute footy pajamas
~   acting enthused
and showing
that nightly anticipation
all from being used to
having this father
with daughters
~   bonding ritual
of which now
many years later
is held tightly in
this ageing
man\u2019s memory
~   me being
appointed the honor
by them   ~
as if I was
some master storyteller
to exuberantly
read aloud
~   while they\u2019d
melodiously joined in   ~
singing the words
written within
a children\u2019s book
that began with its title
\u201cI’ll love you forever<\/em>,\u201d
~   and
after which
as we\u2019d finish
they\u2019d both giggle
then hug me dearly
~   boy oh boy
I gotta tell you
during such
cherished moments
with my daughters   ~
I\u2019d reflect back
to my boyhood
where I\u2019d fondly recall
the love of my mother
who to me   ~
embodied
the character
of the woman
lovingly portrayed
within the pages
of this book
wherefore and within
such love
I was given
I\u2019d hope and pray
with all my might
both my girls
shall be
as the woman
my mother was
and still is  ~
by experiencing from me
how I was loved
and cared
for
by her as a son
~   and in like manner
I\u2019d promise
to do the same
for both of them
as my daughters
saying   ~
again and again
to myself   ~
oh my two
sweet   ~   little
adorably precious
and beautiful girls
your daddy
will love you
~   forever
as you become
the women
I\u2019m hoping
yes   ~   praying
you both want
and shall be<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words by    ~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I  have an online flip-book of poetry in the process of being finished called The Woman ~ as perceived by The Man (soon to be in print).  The book contains art from four women who are world class artists, Denise Denomy, Regina A. Walker, Azzi Kalili-Williams and Era Tak. The poem that follows to my two … Continue reading “The Women ~ Happy Mother’s Day MOM!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-familyfriends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10560,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions\/10560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}