Tagged: daddy
we draw strength from our
we draw strength from our
memories – dad, picking mint,
sun, shade, sun, smiling
.
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late spring,
late spring,
daddy’s japanese
maples lift
their samaras
like offerings
to the wind
.
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making apple sauce
making apple sauce
while mama does her homework,
my daddy and me –
home is wherever we are
together, working towards home
.
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mama and daddy
mama and daddy
met on the intersection
of apples and pears,
and the rest is delicious
history – baked, sauced, freshly peeled
.
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daddy saved the best
daddy saved the best
for last – an exoskeleton
of a cicada
long shed and waiting to be
shared between fearless explorers
.
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the housefly that spent
the housefly that spent
a day with us indoors felt
faint, dragging its wings
until daddy felt sorry,
captured it to let it out
.
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the robin who made
the robin who made
her nest in dad’s hibiscus
syriacus caught
a whiff of clean laundry airing
on mama’s clothesline, moved north
.
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every year, dad prunes
every year, dad prunes
mama’s azalea bushes
carefully so that
they become perfectly rounded
buns well before mother’s day
.
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he loves me, he loves
he loves me, he loves
me not, he loves me, he loves
me not, he loves me –
fathers can remain somewhat of
a mystery, but don’t doubt love
.
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each time you pull
for dad
each time you pull
out a special tool
for fixing the things
that break, you teach
us how to hold
the problem in
our hands, engage
in solutions, find
the edges of
every rule.
equipped with
a lifetime of
tools, we still
find your love
immeasurable
.
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