Poets should submit only their own original work, 35 lines or less, for this column to: Nina Tillery, 2950 Spring St., Hot Springs, AR 71901. (Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope for the return of unpublished poetry.)



FOR YOU DAD

From the time that I was small,

I looked forward to this day.

But this year will be different:

God took you away.



He needed you with Him,

free from all your pain.

So you could be our angel.

Our loss was Heaven’s gain.

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