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Month to celebrate the older person: Chosen for a purpose

By Joan E. Wilson I wrote this poem many, years ago just after my trip with the Elmslie Church Women’s group but I can still remember every moment of it. The happiness on the faces of these very poor people,…

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Month to celebrate the older person: Poems & a baby shower

By Joan E. Wilson POEMS ARE WRITTEN BY FOOLS By Joan (Watler) Wilson Poems are written by fools like me But only God can make a tree’. * These words are so true I can’t deny Much better written than…

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Month to celebrate the older person: BABY SHOWER/THE RECEPTIONIST

By Joan E. Wilson Two small poems today that I hope will put a little smile on your face. I really did loathe my job I took as a receptionist after I had retired. Baby Shower By Joan (Watler) Wilson…

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Month to celebrate the older person: “Cockroaches”

COCKROACHES By Joan (Watler) Wilson I saw a cockroach crossing the road As fast as his scrawny legs could go Without fear of being squashed to death He didn’t even attempt to go slow * And it wasn’t an ordinary…

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Month to celebrate the older person: “That Olde Cat Look” & “Togetherness”

By Joan Wilson You get two poems today for the price of one. The first one is about a dear friend of mine (see if you can guess who it is) and the second is about love for one another….

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Month to celebrate the older person: C-H-S REUNION

To celebrate Older Persons Month C-H-S REUNION By Joan (Watler) Wilson The C-H-S as it was known in 1949 Came about at a very crucial time When the Island was full of children galore Yearning for knowledge and ways to explore….

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Month to celebrate the older person: “The Goldfield”

Introduction to The Goldfield From the turn of the last century to the start of the Second World War, shipbuilding was a major source of income for the Cayman Islands. Between 1903 and 1950, more than 283 vessels were built in…

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Month to celebrate the older person: PARKING

To celebrate Older Persons Month PARKING By Joan E. Wilson We’ve got a real problem with parking Especially right here in George Town I mean, this tiny town is so very busy We can look for ages and not a space…

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Month to celebrate the older person: “Month of the Older Person”

In case it was thought I haven’t written a poem really suitable for the ‘month to celebrate older persons’!!! This was written a long time before Miss Olive Miller sadly died and I have now updated two of the verses….

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Month to celebrate the older person: Debby or Debbie

I wrote this to celebrate the event when Hurricane Debby on August 24 2000 took a different turn and missed our Islands. As a result we benefited from the ships that were to visit, Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Trinidad and Tobago,…