Tears for farts April 18, 2008

It started with a veg,
Steamed brocolli on the al dente side,
Hard like bits of hedge,
Good for you but soon the farts arrive.
Embarrassing for you,
Impossible for our boy it seems,
The baby gets broc too,
Tiny tummy can’t cope with gas in reams.
Chef take care a little more,
What was amusing now costs sleep instead,
Hourly screaming is a bore,
Wind’s [...]

Getting Stronger April 16, 2008

Like Rocky in a training montage,
You work out hard and make yourself large,
Your face fills out and your body gets longer,
Gain control of your arms and your neck gets stronger.
Like a Pokemon evolving you’re going up a level,
Today you grabbed my hair you clever little devil,
Big grin as my face looms into view,
No surprise I [...]

Babies who doze… April 14, 2008

The fascinating thing about babies who doze,
Is that they only know how to breath through the nose,
So when you add bogies into the mix,
The little one gets in an almightly fix.
He wants to sleep, he’s so very tired,
But the snot attacks and his breathing gets mired,
You can hear it coming like the mucus train,
Louder and [...]

Sonnet for fatherhood April 10, 2008

There comes a time for every father,
It’s a moment that pounces like a tiger,
It’s a decision to make that’s like no other,
The options swirl in a vortex blur,
Time has crept on as it tends to do,
And your attention is drawn to a fissure,
It’s a tiny thing you see between the two,
And how you react affects [...]

No milk here April 9, 2008

Not intended to piss you off,
Only I’m a milk free zone my friend.
Mummy has the goods I’m afraid,
I’m just the janitor around here,
Learning the difference between us,
Keep cool a little longer.
Holding you while you wail,
Even a finger suckle isn’t enough,
Regrettably we have to wake her up again,
Every hour seems a bit much though.

Miss you today… April 8, 2008

Funny how days are different from each other,
Yesterday work was keeping me covered,
Today though there’s not much else I can think about,
Watching you smile or move your mouth like a trout.
Today it turns out your head got a bit bigger,
Must be mental development, stimulation the trigger,
On your playmat you seem to be happy as larry,
Your [...]

Grunt, Squeek, Snore, Sigh April 7, 2008

Parents warn you about not sleeping,
You imagine the wails and cries,
It’s not them that have you weeping,
it’s the grunts, squeeks, snores and sighs.
I’ll admit I’m not the quietest myself,
But your cacophony is incomperable,
Listening is getting bad for my health,
And my systems are becoming unoperable.
She can sleep through it all it seems,
Perhaps she’s used to my [...]

To those who’ve lost – Haiku April 4, 2008

Dark fears at night seep,
Understanding increases,
The pain of great loss.

What’s Going On? April 3, 2008

You ever feel like you’re missing out?
Like there’s things afoot you just don’t see?
When change occurs and you see nowt,
How close you are is what that’ll be.
There’s a side to absence we don’t applaud,
The side that means you’re eyes are open,
You see little things that have you floored,
Like bigger cheeks than when the day began.
A [...]

care? April 1, 2008

How hard it is to care,
About all the money out there,
I know it’s required,
I’m just not inspired,
I’d rather fight bears in a lair.
Who needs the silver and trappings,
Of wealth and fame and clappings,
Alright that’s too far,
I’m no russian tsar,
But it’s still not worth daily slappings.
One day I’ll make money with joy,
Me, the wife and our [...]