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T'was the night before Christmas (Poem on domestic violence) by Dean Fraser-Phillips
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edited: Sunday, December 4, 2016
Posted: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Sad but sadly so common. Some men should have no wives and certainly not children. My prayers are for all children who suffer emotionally at this festive time which is also the forerunner of couples heading for divorce in the first week of January. A poem which should be on the bill boards.
Hit the wall and not the child
Take a deep breath, don’t get riled
You were once an infant too
Carers thought the world of you
You grew up into your teens
Anger surfaced, violent scenes
Break the circle don’t be tethered
Or you find the family severed
Rid the land of Child Abuse
Banish every false excuse
See them grow up in delight
Childhood valued. Get it right.
For the past two years (2006-2008) The Bridge of Silver Wings has earned a name for itself both as a series of poems published in different e-zines and as a book first published in 2007.
What makes this 2009 edition a special one is th
What began as Songs of the Angelic Gaze in the summer of 2006 continued the following year as The Bridge of Silver Wings, and developed even further two years after that into The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009. Whether readers describe it as a conversa
Hit the wall and not the child
Take a deep breath, don’t get riled
You were once an infant too
Carers thought the world of you
You grew up into your teens
Anger surfaced, violent scenes
Break the circle don’t be tethered
Or you find the family severed
Rid the land of Child Abuse
Banish every false excuse
See them grow up in delight
Childhood valued. Get it right.