First Valentine

First Valentine
by Kathryn Kay

I wonder,
little baby boy,
what valentines life has in store
to drop beside your waiting door–
will they bring grief or joy?
And if it’s grief, will you be strong
and keep that little head on high,
nor ever let those wide eyes cry,
for that life’s jumbled up and wrong?
Oh, little boy, so fresh and fine
with all your days so shiny new,
what valentines are there for you?
Please God, send them from love like mine!

(With Tongue in Cheek © 1938, reprinted with permission)

About the poet:

LDS poetess Kathryn Kay (Kathryn Worsley Pratt) was a popular radio announcer on the KFI radio show Midnight Frolic out of Los Angeles, California, a forerunner of today’s late night television broadcasts, from 1927 to 1930. She was also Associate Editor of “Parade” magazine before it became a Sunday supplement.

Kathryn began writing poetry at age 10 and has had three major poetry books published. Kathryn died in February 2005, but a new book of her poetry has been published with the title Goldfish Privacy and is available wherever LDS books are sold or on the Sheralynn Pratt website.

Read more about Kathryn Kay at her website.