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Family

I lost

two months with no human touch
face-to-face was only if you count
speaking through a screen…

A. Violet May 18, 2023 Free Form, Postaday

Baby Food

Green
tiny between mama and papa…

A. Violet May 17, 2023 Postaday, Tanka

The Bicycle Bleeds

when my sister fell
heels over handlebar,
I could only glance past
the metal heap…

A. Violet April 19, 2023 Postaday, Quatrain

Not Again

“Dad, can I have candy?”
“What did your mother say?”…

A. Violet March 2, 2023 Dribble, Postaday

Saturday before snack

e practiced making funny noises
and you laughed and laughed…

A. Violet October 9, 2021 Haiku, Postaday

A Dog

They love us more than each other,
and follow us to the ends of the Earth,
happy as can be…

J.R. Kovacs April 30, 2021 Postaday, Prose Poems

Here’s to the Broken Ones

here’s to the crick in your neck,
here’s to the knot in your stomach
you don’t remember tying,
here’s to the flutter in your veins…

A. Violet April 14, 2021 Postaday, Sonnet

Patterns of Attachment

Her shoulders
are slight, yet solid
under my hands,
she takes up so little…

Mx. Lavender March 6, 2021 Free Form, Postaday

Family

Do you ever
feel the cold,
that not even blankets
your gran knitted…

Mx. Lavender February 28, 2021 Free Form, Postaday

Manners

When you must
be polite,
or mind your manners,
or some such societal…

Mx. Lavender February 27, 2021 Free Form, Postaday

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