Father's Day .....40 years later

Today was Father's Day in the UK.  While my dear Dad is no longer with us, he is never far from my thoughts. Forty years ago (I had to check the sums as it doesn't seem that long!) I wrote a poem about him and submitted it to the Belfast Telegraph's Father's Day Poetry competition. I was delighted that it was published and I won a book token prize at the time. 

My Dad was proud that my poem had been published then and I'd like to think it would make him smile that it's been published again, forty years on, this time in an anthology celebrating Dads which was published in the last week.

My copy of 'To Dad's - with love' arrived yesterday and I've been dipping in to it over the weekend. You can get your copy here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B096TN7NN7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_0EZJK77ZRBNK2JKQV638