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Alex Tanner
Alex Tanner
May 14, 2025 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)
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05/25 Having a Baby

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Having a Baby. (The Harsh Reality).

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!
Oh! Fuck.
Never again.

About This Poem

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Country/Region: Isle of Wight United Kingdom

Favorite Poets: Poe, Swinburn, Bob Dylan, Spike Milligan, Alfred Noyes, Kipling., Many Others.

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Alex Tanner

Alex Tanner

1 month 1 week ago

Hello L.

Thanks L This was easy, just remembered my wife in childbirth, though we went on to have 2 more. Alex.

Candlewitch

Candlewitch

1 month 1 week ago

Hello Alex,

that about sums it up. were you in the delivery room with your wife when she made this statement? LOL, I enjoyed the moment of your poem!

*hugs, Cat

Alex Tanner

Alex Tanner

1 month 1 week ago

Hi Cat.

I was indeed in attendance at the birth of all three. What a difference, with the first there was barely enough room, doctors and nurses everywhere, with the third Just me and the midwife in attendance, (and I kept nipping out to check the cricket score). Alex

Rula

Rula

1 month ago

Hello sir Alex

Much is said in few words.
You summed up the whole process. Wow!