Norah at one

spoon in hand she drums the wooden floor 

adding to the music she hears 

she likes to say hi and smile 

and tells long stories only she can divine 

stands up on the furniture and 

walks along testing her little body 

creeps along quite quickly one foot and one knee 

not exactly a crawl 

ginger blonde hair rests on eyelashes 

and she cuddles with you turning the pages of a book 

sits and eats her square of bread and pb 

says yum yum 

and this is her world 

    so content 

        so lucky 

            so full of heart emojis

Roger wall climbing

striped pants give him the flex 

he needs to climb this wall 

feet and hands gaining holds 

and legs pushing body up and up 

doesn’t stop until he’s 

touched the top 

yesterday he was Batman 

and tomorrow he will play 

Pokemon 

but right now

he is boy climbing 

undaunted

 

Norah's first folk festival (folk fest '23 #3)

see 

this is how it goes 

bounce on mom’s hip 

in time with music 

in warm summer 

on soft grass 

wearing blue hat 

and sun dress 

oblivious 

in a sea of people 

singing along 

with nothing else to do 

and sometimes you wear headphones 

to save tiny eardrums 

with a yellow folk fest tee 

see 

this is how it goes 

from one generation to the next