Tagged: mother
arms carrying so
arms carrying so
much joy and restraint – mothers,
ready to let go
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in mama’s backyard,
in mama’s backyard,
our twin dogwood trees compete
for her attention,
not unlike the way we all
light up when she turns our way
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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
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our mom’s azaleas
our mom’s azaleas
unfurl with
tricks up her
sleeves,
neverminding
the gardener’s
schemes
.
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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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mom perfected the
mom perfected the
art of making cookies, sharing
recipes when asked –
even then, no one could come
close to the way she perfected
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our mother passed down
our mother passed down
her sweet tooth so that we’ll always
have something to share
.
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mom’s camellias
mom’s camellias
await her return, a sudden
burst of breathless buds
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my mother and her
my mother and her
father and his mother and
most likely so forth
made tea extraordinary,
simply by leaning forward
.
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my mom and i wait
my mom and i wait
all year round to take a peek
into the face of
our peonies, offering
layers and layers of intrigue
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