Tagged: home
the sparrows outside
the sparrows outside
my window are forever
collecting fallen
twigs and leaves to build a home –
city dwellers, on the move
.
20220430:1056
y
t-minus just one
t-minus just one
more project before we can
go home, just one more
.
20220404:2025
y
with twin azalea
with twin azalea
blossoms tucked into her hair,
mom summons us home
.
20220401:1636
y
fielding questions of
fielding questions of
home – a perpetual
crossing of borders
.
20220331:1237
y
carrying home new
carrying home new
books, with a freshly printed
library card in
your pocket, is a rare reward
for leaving behind all you’ve known
.
20220319:1652
y
the white azaleas
the white azaleas
dad planted at the side of
our house wave so long,
so long when we back out of the
driveway from winter to fall
.
20220309:1823
y
once in a blue moon,
once in a blue moon,
the bluebird finds a perch in
our backyard, and mom
whisper-shouts hurry, come see,
and he turns around to look
.
20220305:1248
y
between the old man
between the old man
snoring and the younger man
pacing the wooden
floorboards from above, we learn to
coexist, one night at a time
.
20220215:0545
y
a day to rest and
a day to rest and
unclog the sink, empty the
vacuum bin, clean out
the freezer, make pizza, let
the dough rest longer, yes, longer
.
20220206:1933
y
missing the look of
missing the look of
the moon from this particular
street is perhaps too
specific – the tilt of these
branches, the curve of the sky
.
20220109:1834
y
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