Stephenson Family Ties

"The most significant gifts are the ones most

easily overlooked. Small, everyday blessings:

woods, health, music, laughter, memories,

books, family, friends, second chances,

warm fireplaces, and all the footprints

scattered throughout our days."

— Sue Monk Kidd

Zulia Gotay de Anderson

Charles James Adams

Here is a short poem which is complete without any exercise of the imagination. The rhymes need no precedent clauses; they are heads and tails at once. In their simple way they tell the sad story of a common domestic tragedy:

– William Shepard Walsh, Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities, 1892