
What do I wish for
my daughter
on her eleventh
birthday? Continue reading →

What do I wish for
my daughter
on her eleventh
birthday? Continue reading

To my daughter,
dazzling as a unicorn,
ten just now,
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cherry-petal pink
lilacs tease green hearts,
kissing and telling Continue reading

The color of daughters
is spring pink,
a color to open a bud
in the hardest heart. Continue reading

Wild mornings, wild afternoons!
If I am with you
your face alight
your laugh in my hair Continue reading
my daughter’s boots
snugged beside her daddy’s,
new footsteps following
Note: Inspired by the Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition by the Daily Post.

Sleep, gentle daughter of the moon and stars. Continue reading
Once upon a time, there was a very angry fairy princess. Her mother was Queen Red Leaf. Her court lived in a Japanese maple beside a small lantern in the Azalea Garden. Her mother was warring with the samurai rats living under the Bridge of Singing Water. She had allied with the Orange Blossom fairies. The fairies of both courts encircled the Wren Palace.