There was the boy from home said to be allergic to water, one of the M twins, the other, thinner,
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Untwinned
Posted in Isolation/Belonging, Twins, Water on June 15, 2024 | Leave a Comment »
Bear Song (Ode to Alta Crystal)
Posted in Alta Crystal, Children, Family, Mt. Rainier, Pacific Northwest on August 9, 2021 | 1 Comment »
Light rain pitters on the canopy over the picnic tables, the fire pit lacks a Jenga-tower of wood, forms the nucleus of empty log benches. The smoke ban prevents bonfires
¿A dónde fueron? (Where did they go?)
Posted in Children, COVID-19, Death/Loss/Grief, Quédate-en-Casa, School on April 16, 2020 | 2 Comments »
Al amanecer, las luces de las calles brillan espero el sonido de jóvenes soñolientos en camino a la escuela pero las calles permanecen vacías. ¿A dónde fueron los gorros y las chaquetas las mochilas llenas de cuadernos y libros crayones y pegamento de brillantina zapatillas de ballet y una camiseta de fútbol arrugada? Extraño la […]
The boy selling popsicles
Posted in Children, Emotions/Inner World, Guanajuato, Poetry on November 20, 2019 | 1 Comment »
El vendedor de paletas I can see him through your eyes: the small boy with a pushcart outside the escuela primaria
Sent for a new life
Posted in Children, Isolation/Belonging, Refugee on March 26, 2019 | Leave a Comment »
Plum blossoms, magnolias, dogweeds, clematis the boy in the camp doesn’t know the names of the flowering buds