Tagged: birthday
birthdays come and go,
birthdays come and go,
who remembers and who forgets
linger a little
.
20210925:2115
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we were proofed in the
(for y, on your birthday)
we were proofed in the
same basket, risen and baked
in the same oven,
my brother and i, honey-
buttered slices, loved, loved, love
.
20210703:0526
y
examining yet
examining yet
another birthday is looking
into only the
memory of the wrinkles
across great-grandmother’s hands
.
20200925:1633
y
every moment is
(for mom on your birthday)
every moment is
golden – on the second of
your three birthdays this
year, we celebrate the whimsy,
wind ourselves up for the third
.
20200710:2115
y
on your one-hundredth
on your one-hundredth
birthday, we celebrate your
influence on us
.
20200211:0811
y
nestled into the
nestled into the
beginning of summer, your
birthday and newly
polished memories – freedom,
days at the pool, cooling off
.
20190703:2002
y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: freedom
today, you would be
today, you would be
one-hundred-and-two, the spices
of life coloring
your cheeks – your words, the best kind
of comfort, keeping us warm
.
20190702:2118
y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: coloring
mom celebrates three
mom celebrates three
birthdays each year – one for the
moon, one for grandma,
one for grandpa – and so we
follow her to the moon and back
.
20190627:2126
y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: moon
your birthday falls on
your birthday falls on
memorial day every
now and then, woven
loosely together like the
dark knit cap you used to wear
.
20190527:1915
y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: memorial
there will always be
there will always be
a small number of locks for
which you lose the keys –
it is that way with you, there
is no inclination to search
.
20180703:0803
y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: inclination
