Tag: Olivia

Here’s a year when all went upside down,A nutty, silly year, the dumbest year.And look, we’re all agoraphobic now,Anthropophobic even, strange to say;Behavior that’s against…

A limerick for your birthday: 15 years, you post-millennial, Is already one 10th your sesquicentennial. So fast, you’re growing and changing, Metamorph-teen-mutating, Into someone who’s…

This year you are a world traveler. UpAnd down the Pacific Rim you go. First stop:Japan. (You stood below where Little BoyDeparted the Enola Gay…

A cool day with blasting sun,13 years ago, awaiting you. Twilight fell and you announcedWith vigor your imminent arrival.Contractions were close apart,The doula timing them…

12! The duodecimal girl.Sassy and witty and confidentAll that I could ask for in a tween.The year’s a blur for us, the boxesEverywhere, boxes. The…

There’s nothing better than the human heart.The driving, rolling passions moving usTo write a poem, to sing, to reach the moon,To move a mountain (or…

This weekend two new lives entered our lives,Two tiny-but-growing creatures, mewing, fullOf vim, electric, whirlwinds. I had thoughtYour sister and you were whirlwind enough, but…

Hey, there, nine-year-old! You’re pretty special,
With your sassy sophistication,
Your biting sense of humor, and
Your ever-growing list of skills that I
Don’t have like sewing your own…

You’re eight years old today; that’s twice as oldAs Violet is, a feat you’ll never findA way to duplicate… although I shouldNot put it past…