To The Young Couple Who Watched In The Park by Helen Padway

Helen Padway (1926 - 2022) was theater-trained and worked in television and radio, both writing and performing. She enjoyed her family and was the proud mother of four, grandmother of fourteen, and had one great-grandchild. Helen lived in Glendale, Wisconsin and was a member of the Sparks and the Hartford Avenue Poets. Published both locally and nationally, she believed poetry could help change the world.

Carolyn Stephens:
I loved reading this after talking to you about your life after your husband's having passed. The two views enriched my appreciation. It was a pleasure to meet you. Carolyn Stephens
Posted 02/26/2011 10:44 PM

Vicjo:
A great poem from a wonderful woman whom I am grateful, happy and proud to call mom.
Posted 02/02/2011 11:35 PM

dianapoet:
Poem from the heart
Posted 02/02/2011 07:01 PM

lrkmus@sbcglobal.net:
Poetry DOES change the world. A lovely poem, and my day is richer for having read it. Thank you. LRK
Posted 02/02/2011 03:55 PM

Linda Lee (Konichek):
Whenever I am lucky enough to spend time with Helen, I think of how beautiful she is. And hearing her read her poems, assures me that her beauty is inside and out. If anyone can help change the world with poetry, it is Helen! What a treat to spend time with Helen and Phyllis and Marilyn and the other Hartford Avenue poets last Saturday at the Woodland Pattern Poetry marathon; there were so many wondrous new poets and many new poems that could "change the world."
Posted 02/02/2011 02:40 PM

Joe Sottile:
After I read this poem, I was going to write only one word, but I see that Joan has already written it. So, I'll simply say "Bravo!"
Posted 02/02/2011 12:35 PM

Joan L. Cannon:
Amen! And may her hope come true--something has to change the world. I even wrote an essay in defense of love as the subject of art to go up on a great e-zine (www.seniorwmen.com). There must be enough of us to help...
Posted 02/02/2011 11:42 AM

wersted:
Congrats, Helen! From your fellow HAP Ed
Posted 02/02/2011 09:50 AM

Shoshauna Shy:
Beautiful poem, Helen!
Posted 02/02/2011 09:43 AM

dotief@comcast.net:
I was thinking just the other day, how nice it was to have been with my husband lo these many years. We laugh so much and appreciate the dings and lumps life has served the both of us. You have captured so well my very feelings, Helen! Thanks!
Posted 02/02/2011 08:10 AM

Phyllis Beckman:
Padway speaks to my husband and I in this poem. Poetry is changing me. Poetry's power, patience, and persistence is "our little secret". Shhh.
Posted 02/02/2011 06:21 AM