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The Shepherd (A Poem for Mothers)
Never forget the value of what you do in your home. Whether you are dusting the furniture or wiping bottoms, Reading a story or...
Dawn Swayne
3 min read


ON BECOMING
“Have you heard it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.”...
Dawn Swayne
2 min read


MISSED (a poem for my father)
This one is for all my Strong Mamas who struggle with fatherlessness. I wrote this a little while ago as I was processing my...
Dawn Swayne
4 min read


THE KISS (a poem for my husband)
I still remember the feeling I felt When we first kissed… I remember the spot my feet pressed into on the stairs How the light held its...
Dawn Swayne
1 min read


AROMA PART I (a poem for my father)
This is the first poem in a 4-part series on the concept of AROMAS… and how scents can trigger old things. Good things, bad things, Great...
Dawn Swayne
1 min read


AROMA PART II (a poem for my husband
This is the second poem in a 4-part series on the concept of AROMAS… Good things, bad things, Great Things. All of my life I fringed...
Dawn Swayne
1 min read
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