Poetry

Dedicatory Poetry

The Champion

In his body is ambition,
Quenched by fights and competition;
By the edge of knife and greatsword
Does the fighter find his concord.

From the earnest of his motions
Are great passions and devotions.
His are strong and persevering –
Clear of doubt and never fearing.

In his heart is where you’ll locate
That great character’s his mandate;
With control and focus vital –
Seeking honor over title.

The Integrator

His technique is great and daring –
With machines he will be bearing;
There is not another man so
Skilled with gadgets in his cargo.

He constructs with careful digits
Greatly fashioned, handy widgets;
With his hands and mind converging,
Fixes sure will be emerging.

Skills like his, so useful lately,
That we know is prized so greatly,
Is so far from automatic –
Craftsman of the systematic.

The Trickster

He the joker plays the bit part –
Making fooling quite the sly art;
Jesting with a playful humor,
His sharp wit is not a rumor.

Speaking with a cheerful accent –
Sometimes in a dopey segment,
Nonetheless a thoughtful fellow –
Even when his mood is mellow.

He recalls the greatest stories
In so many categories;
With a grin and smiling broadly –
In the fun he’s dancing oddly.

The Wayfarer

He the cunning navigator
Is an adept conservator.
He surmises paths and contracts;
Carefully he minds their impacts.

Working trades with great finessing –
Each detail he is addressing;
He’s assuring quite precisely
That they are consigned concisely.

As he speaks direct and candid,
He makes sure you’re never stranded.
We rely upon his guidance;
With his zeal there is abidance.

Affirmation

To my father and my mother –
In my world there is no other
People quite as true or giving,
Or as caring, like you living.

Even through the paths uncharted,
You make sure with friends I’ve parted;
In the troubles and confusion,
You are here without seclusion.

Loving in your ways so many –
Always there with praise to give me,
Giving guidance as intended –
Talking with you is so splendid.

Full of purpose and devotion,
Sending you my deep emotion,
To be yours, it is my pleasure –
Allies that this son does treasure.

By my heart, with love so tender,
That I wish the greatest splendor,
For our clan into the morrow;
Know my oath is without sorrow.

Quadragennial

Forty years you’ve been upon this planet.
Stable, true and strong resolve like granite,
Learning with you is a constant pleasure
That I bother not to even measure.

Your tenacity and mind, that’s bolder,
Has encouraged me as we’ve grown older;
You remind me that we all have weakness –
Making sure I never yield to bleakness.

There is not another person living
Better suited or so deeply giving.
While the path ahead reveals its content
As your brother there I will be present.