prayers please?

I am bringing forward the release of 'Daisy's Destiny' [which is on the DWG boards] so I can have a  dedication in it to my friend, Cathy Weider, who is dying of two rare sorts of cancer in California.  Cathy is a gardener who loves her roses, and a life-long lover of King Charles spaniels.  'Daisy' doesn't have more than a mention of Julian's aunt's spaniels, but it was the best I could do. She has recently lost one of her beloved dogs, and the other is ill. Cathy is a Jew, but I know she welcomes prayers and good wishes from anyone, she's a very ecumenical and generous lady who deserves better than the pain she is going through.  She is the bravest lady I know.

summer's day, a pantoum

Summer’s day [pantoum]

Upon a lazy summer’s day

All somnolent in sunshine soft

Soothed by the thrumming bees at play

And carillons of larks aloft.

All somnolent in sunshine soft

In flowery bowery nest I lay

All redolent with scents that waft

Balm to my spirit, woes allay.

In flowery bowery nest I lay

The crooning doves in pigeon loft

A gentle song as they parlay

A chuckling coo in their high croft

The crooning doves in pigeon loft

Soothed by the thrumming bees at play

As from each flower’s nectar quaffed

Upon a lazy summer’s day.