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A beautiful collection of poems written by a mother as she has travelled along the path of her life. This collection consists of some solemn and spiritual works, several Thanksgiving prayer-poems which depict all family members, a passionate 9-11 poem from a hands-on perspective, and three family deaths.

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Publié par	Book Venture Publishing LLC
Date de parution	10 septembre 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781640699618
Langue	English

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Copyright © 2018 by Kathleen Dunleavy.

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Printed in the United States of America.

ISBN-13:
Softcover
978-1-64069-958-8
Hardcover
978-1-64069-959-5
Pdf
978-1-64069-960-1
ePub
978-1-64069-961-8
Kindle
978-1-64069-962-5

Rev. date: 07/21/2018
CONTENTS
DEDICATION
INTRODUCTION
CHILDBIRTH
9/11
OUR DAD
FORGIVENESS
AN ARDUOUS JOURNEY
LONELINESS
THE TRUE FRIEND
In Loving Memory of Patricia A. Molden
In Loving Memory of Mary C. Doman
THANKSGIVING 1998
THANKSGIVING 2001
THANKSGIVING 2002
THANKSGIVING 2004
THANKSGIVING 2005
THANKSGIVING 2007
THANKSGIVING 2008
THANKSGIVING 2011
THANKSGIVING 2012
THANKSGIVING 2013
THANKSGIVING 2014
THANKSGIVING 2015
THANKSGIVING 2016

DEDICATION
This book of poetry is dedicated to my wonderful, beloved children Mike, Kate, Mary and Martin and to their beautiful offspring.

INTRODUCTION
In 1998, in preparation for Thanksgiving dinner, Kathleen Dunleavy, matriarch of an enlarging family, decided to write a poem as the family’s Thanksgiving prayer-before-dinner. There would be a verse for each family member. What began as eight verses in 1998 has grown to twenty verses in 2016, (with couples coupled). In 2017, a verse will be added for a great grandson who will be arriving in July.
Most verses are descriptive of achievements, one to two each year are devoted to the family’s Dad who died in 1995, and some are humorous or divulge a family secret.
In addition to the collection of Thanksgiving Prayer-Poems, Kathleen wrote a powerful poem on 9/11 after guiding her staff at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where she was a Patient Care Director until her retirement in 2011, in preparing beds for the victims of the horrible holocaust.
More and more poems have been written on primarily solemn subjects and complete Mom’s Poetry , designed to give her children and grandchildren remembrances found in one central location.
In addition to her book of poetry, Kathleen has published clinical journal articles and two clinical textbook chapters.

CHILDBIRTH
At the start of every labor
A deepening peace sets in
A feeling of expectance
Something sacred to begin

A feeling of a miracle
About to manifest
God hovering very closely
To assure this child is blessed

The feeling is of moving
Into a deep and sacred place
And only do I awaken
When this baby meets my gaze

9/11
Our freedom is shattered
Our country’s at war
Our people are shaken
Right through to their core

The towers have fallen
So hard to believe
Destruction and death
Behind it did leave

Where did this come from
This horror so real
How could such a nightmare
Have struck us so near

Why did this happen
This carnage occur
How bless-ed our landscape
How peaceful we were

Incredible suffering
No end to the pain
It’s doubtful that ever
Our heartache will wane

Tragedy reigning
The death toll so high
The embers still rising
As far as the sky

Trying to find
Anyone we can save
No end to the rosters
Of helpers so brave

Will we ever recover
Know peace once again
Or does this awful happening
Signal an end

We’ve all come together
Created a bond
Our flags we are flying
Our uniforms donned

We ask for assistance
From heaven above
To help ease the burden
To bring back the doves

We pray for our friends
Who were struck down so hard
May they be eased from
The pain in their hearts

We thank you for leaving
Our family intact
Our help and assistance
We gladly give back

God bless our great Country
May peace come again
At best may we ask that
This holocaust end

God bless America
Ever so free
And God bless our planet
Of land and of sea