Tagged: daddy
making apple sauce
making apple sauce
while mama does her homework,
my daddy and me –
home is wherever we are
together, working towards home
.
20220924:1848
y
mama and daddy
mama and daddy
met on the intersection
of apples and pears,
and the rest is delicious
history – baked, sauced, freshly peeled
.
20220526:1818
y
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
.
20210917:2115
y
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
.
20210826:1904
y
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
.
20210511:2113
y
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
.
20210509:2100
y
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
.
20180617:0839
y
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
.
20160619:0929
y
daddy’s girl
daddy’s girl,
father’s son,
the luck of the
draw, though we
are the lucky ones
.
20121011:0836
y
years later, the trick
years later, the trick
is still hidden away in
his sleeves, guarded by
those wish-fulfilling fingers –
in dad’s arms, i feel weightless
.
20120918:0848
y