Tagged: grandpa
the first of august
the first of august
observed on the gregorian
calendar – your long
ago passing, my awaited
birth – two peas in different pods
.
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every spring, dreaming
every spring, dreaming
of grandpa underneath the
cherry blossom tree
.
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knee-high by the fourth
knee-high by the fourth
of july – we are driving
through cornfields, and your
grandpa’s farm wisdom pops out
from nowhere, wings aflutter
.
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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
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: moon
t-minus two days
t-minus two days
till the ninth anniversary
of our loss, your death –
all the religion in the world
could not reopen our channels
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: channels
i don’t have a good
i don’t have a good
sense of time. everything’s packed
in and loose in the
same spell – like grandpa’s pipe when he
was here with us, now that he’s not
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: packed
on the lunar
(for grandpa)
on the lunar
calendar, we
are celebrating
our birthdays
today, just one
world away
from each
other,
which feels
like multitudes,
on and off
the system
for counting
so many days
apart
.
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we are observing
the moon that came for
the moon that came for
my grandpa was the one that
came out tonight – a
bloodless grin so familiar,
even the cheshire cat paused
.
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even this morning,
even this morning,
i am hearing for the first
time the tale of grandpa,
bringing home
a pot of Madagascar
periwinkle, and how
his business thrived
for as long as the
garden blossomed
and his seven
buds bloomed
.
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