first day of first job
(the best COVID milestone)
let us shed this slump
The Smile Returns
milestones
Rocket Femi-Scientist
my girl’s accepted
into her dream universe
filled with stardust, hope
Graduating Girls
best friends since kinder
ready to graduate now
(how could they grow up?)
Another COVID Milestone
quarantine closures
plus trapped-home anxiety
delayed this moment
yet, the smile wins
a year later, we made it
(a taste of freedom)
Steamboat: Gains and Losses
i'll write a haiku
as easy as this damn day
filled with lines. and love.
you will never know
how hard i've tried to earn this.
you can taste the snow.
you can taste blue sky.
it comes in moments, this love.
moments found on slopes.
Colorado Born and Bred
Berthoud Pass driving
sisters learn two years apart
same day, different face
Quarantine Scenario #437
hidden behind mask
is my sixteen-year-old girl
(her pandemic grin)
i hope to win her
with walks, drives, conversations
just like the old days
August Coronatine Accomplishments
oldest in college
(concurrent enrollment win)
(can remove spiders)
youngest wants hair cut
just in time for her birthday
my new career–ha!)
Still the One (Twenty-two Years)
you can’t get this far
without climbing some mountains
oh, but the aspens.
Coronatine, Day Sixty-eight (Passages)
she designed this house.
my baby girl, age thirteen.
(she loves her kitties).
she’s my crafty one.
my sweet entrepreneur.
my bright young woman.
and just like her cat
who gives unlimited love,
she will forgive me.
