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An Infant Knows
by John Herlihy → (All Poetry by John Herlihy)
Saturday, May 18, 2019 Rated "G" by the Author.

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-- An Infant Knows -- John Herlihy An infant doesn’t know From right and wrong. But an infant does know How to sing its own song. An infant doesn’t know It has no hair or teeth. But an infant does know A loving grace to bequeath. An infant doesn’t know Anything of race or color. But an infant does know Inborn love of its mother. An infant doesn’t know The ways of the world. But an infant does know The smoothness of a pearl. An infant doesn’t know The source of its distress. But an infant does know Sublime feelings in caress. An infant doesn’t know The true meaning of fear. An infant does know How to produce a tear. An infant doesn’t know What it needs to worry. An infant does know Beauty in a snow flurry. An infant doesn’t know What it has all meant. But an infant does know, When its heart is content. An infant doesn’t know How anything to defile, But an infant does know How to simply smile, An infant doesn’t know The secret of its desires. But an infant does know What only God inspires. - - - - - - (c) John Herlihy 18 May 2019

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on June 8, 2019

I ENJOYED THIS SO MUCH, JOHN! GREAT STYLE AND A RICH WORK THAT THE WONDERFUL PHOTO COMPLIMENTS SO WELL. THANKS FOR THE SHARE...LOVE, BLESSINGS & FAITH + HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Jane Noponen Perinacci

Reviewed on May 19, 2019

Oh, John! This is precious. I will copy it and frame it for the children's room. Beautiful!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

Reviewed on May 18, 2019

An infant knows how to pee & poop,
An infant though doesn't know how much they smell like a hot day in a chicken coop...:) -e-

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Sweet. Covered all the nuances of an infant. You must have good memories of when you were one to write this. All I know is that infants have a huge brain that has some basics, but bright, wide open eyes and ears that pick up every sound, in the first few months gathering in their surroundings form a network of memory that will last until their dying day. What a wondrous thing infants are. So innocent at birth and while they are learning under the constant care of their mother.

Ron

Reviewed by Michael Schafer

I once read that we are at the most intelligent stage in our life when we are babies. We can get everything done for us, while we do nothing else, but eat, sleep, poop, and let others care for us. After we start to learn, it's all downhill from there.

Reviewed by Richard Cederberg

Amen. Tender and moving. I imagine there are not just 7 wonders of the world in the eyes of a child, there must be at least 7 million. (-: Well done. Peace... r

Reviewed by Mystic Rose

So loving and so beautiful, please read the poem I just wrote this morning, I think our hearts are definitely connected today xo