COLLECTED POEMS OF CARRIE BADGETT Arranged and Edited by Joe Naumann CONTENTS Preface ......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Poems About Home and Family .......................................................................................................................... 14 Off to College ............................................................................................................................................................... 15 Transformation ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 Just One Sentence ....................................................................................................................................................... 16 My Prayer For My Children .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Sing .............................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Dreaming Of Home Tonight ......................................................................................................................................... 17 Baby Bruce ................................................................................................................................................................... 18 My Son, Homer H. Badgett .......................................................................................................................................... 19 A DOZEN OF RED ROSES .............................................................................................................................................. 19 Eleanor Is Out .............................................................................................................................................................. 20 My Eleanor is Out in the Night .................................................................................................................................... 21 Dear Eleanor ................................................................................................................................................................ 21 A Mother’s Dream for Her Daughter Eleanor .............................................................................................................. 22 La Rie ........................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Skipper is Gone, In His Place Stands David .................................................................................................................. 23 Diana Gail Shew ........................................................................................................................................................... 24 My Sons ....................................................................................................................................................................... 25 A Sonnet to My Very Own Granddaughter .................................................................................................................. 26 The Angel on Skis ......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Meditation ................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Rags ............................................................................................................................................................................. 29 The Love of Little Children ........................................................................................................................................... 29 Dear Kids ...................................................................................................................................................................... 30 My Old Porch ............................................................................................................................................................... 31 My Dream Home ......................................................................................................................................................... 32 Home Sweet Home ...................................................................................................................................................... 33 Prayer for Sharron ....................................................................................................................................................... 34 Us Mothers .................................................................................................................................................................. 34 When God Created Mothers ....................................................................................................................................... 35 Grandma’s Hour .......................................................................................................................................................... 36 Juanita and Ruth .......................................................................................................................................................... 36 Charles ......................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Happy Birthday to Flora ............................................................................................................................................... 38 A Sonnet to My Very First Expected Grandchild George Weatherall Stephenson —— born June 8, 1936 ................ 38 Grandma’s Baby Boy .................................................................................................................................................... 39 The Baby ...................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Life for a Teenager ....................................................................................................................................................... 41 A Dream Come True .................................................................................................................................................... 41 A Tribute to Elizabeth .................................................................................................................................................. 42 Money, Gifts From Your Children ................................................................................................................................ 42 Dear Eleanor and Bruce ............................................................................................................................................... 43 Untitled Poem to a Child ............................................................................................................................................. 43 Reminiscence ............................................................................................................................................................... 44 Hank and Dot ............................................................................................................................................................... 45 Baby Sue Ellen.............................................................................................................................................................. 46 Two Kids ....................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Five Loves .................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Sharron Elizabeth Stewart, ........................................................................................................................................ 49 Dear Bruce ................................................................................................................................................................... 50 My Pal .......................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Donald Gene Overturf ................................................................................................................................................. 52 Louella Ann .................................................................................................................................................................. 53 Untitled Poem On A Daughter's Graduation ............................................................................................................... 54 Mother's Day, May 3, 1955 .......................................................................................................................................