Our Boy
It's been a while since I've posted any new poems, but let me assure you that I have been writing! I've been kept quite busy with work of different sorts, but that's not the only reason. It has actually been eight months since I last posted. It was the poem 'Her Fingers', a celebration of my amazing wife and her creativity. One of the reasons I have been so busy is that, for the last eight months, Silje and I have b een preparing for the best of changes in our lives. We are expecting our first child, a baby boy, in time for Christmas! As you can image this has inspired a great many poems about the prospect of fatherhood, the miracle of life, the impending responsibility, of journeying through pregnancy with Silje, her courage and strength, our boys developing body, mind and soul, his kicking and jumping within the womb, the glimpses of his face at scans etc etc etc. So I'm really excited to share with you one of the latest poems that I've