Here are two very different Poems. One is an ode to the good Fathers, and the other is a collaboration poem written at a beautiful dinner party, April 2026.
The good Fathers’ Day
Lawrence Spiro
When a father cries it shakes the earth
and the world is never the same.
His heart beats strongly for family and faith
even though weary from work and worry.
He kneels to hold a small precious hand
gentle to the child who looks up to him.
His locus is seen through eyes of steel
an aegis to protect, nourish, and sooth.
The ethics of the fathers are his council
to answer life’s adjuration and time’s whim.
His central tendency is to be unselfish
proceeding in kindness and restraint.
Our fathers know the feel of love
protecting it fiercely with logic and peace.
Their day passes without fanfare.
This day is father’s-day.
This poem was written at our second dinner party hosted by Chirstine Sullivan in the beautiful Wavecrest on 170 Old Montauk Highway. The evening was cool, but the conversation, gaiety, food and spirits were hot. We all thank our sous chef Monsieur Philipe Chang for the perfectly cooked dinner.
Our Poem. A collaboration.
My grandfather said “your health is your wealth” ~David Rosman
As we start in the circle… ~Tom Gutman
We step back, weary, longing to be free ~Philipe Chang
Life is beautiful, you never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have ~Tua Rosman
Life can be a symphonic battle ~Janet Spiro
But it wont be long for your longing will be had,
don’t spend your life worrying. It will drive you mad. ~Anon
Our live to love and life are tangential to the circumference, the perimeter of our existence ~Larry Spiro
I am @ a loss for words ~Christine Sullivan
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YouTube by Ethan Bell
The computer flickers blue light
Filling quiet corners where silence used to bloom
I watch people eating food and various videos for hours
Tiny bright worlds with their own special powers
The voices spill freely and soften my mind
A comfort so steady, so gentile so kind
Some days feel heavy and hard to get through
But happiness waits in the next video I choose