- moonlight
over the doctor’s mouth
fitted face mask - soiled nappy
darkness of a lunar eclipse
expands - cloth nappy
to put it down…
unexpected moonlight - moon phases–
folding cloth nappies
into thin pieces - lunar eclipse
mum lets fly a cloth nappy - lunar eclipse–
the baby crawls off
with a cloth nappy - nappies hung to dry–
strolling neighbor sees
a lunar eclipse - pulling a nappy
from the packaging…
a lunar eclipse begins - moonlight halos
into the hands…
cloth nappy
Month: February 2023
2023 AWAKENING vii
- baby’s drool
splashing down
rain chasing rain - waterfall
the chore of wiping baby drool - its mouth open
releasing baby drool…
waterfall - waterfall
a cranky baby
crying - raindrops–
newborn babies
still crying - baby drool
seen for a while…
waterfall’s clearness - spring rain
airing out
baby’s nappies - baby drool a warm rain falls
- spring drizzle
once again to wash
baby nappies - spring drizzle
washing nappies
in the wash tub
2023 AWAKENING VI
- moonlight
dried milk lingers
on my blouse - lunar stages
expectant belly
that swells - spring rain
a shredder devours
baby names - a doodling
of baby names
steady rain - moon at dawn
expectant mother pulls it off…
summer robe - doing what she can
to shrink her belly…
bruised plum - cumulus clouds–
expectant mothers lined up
together - summer sunset
baby inside mother’s belly
growing - the warm weight
of the expectant child
summer sunset - moon-gazing
the changing phases
of the expectant belly
2023 AWAKENINGS V
- oatmeal…
help yourself
to the spring snow in my bowl - bread dough–
every child
makes its own cloud - sewing a fistful
of sunshine…
mum’s yellow scarf - a fistful
of squeezed sunshine…
mum’s yellow scarf
- thick moonlight–
expectant mother busy
stitching - shooting stars
milk drops’ pace
down the bottle
- full moon…
expectant mother caresses
her expanding belly - deep winter
husband hears me
ordering tombstone
- sweeping expectant mother off
swollen feet…
tilted moon - rice-planting mother
baby on her back sleeps…
tiled moon
2023 AWAKENINGS iv
- full moon
the baby sucks
at mum’s breast - thick fog–
playing with her snot
fussy baby - baby formula
a peak of snow mountain lasts
for less than a minute - baby formula
at its peak
snow mountain - a quick look
at cloud peaks…
boiling milk - cloth diapers
peaks of clouds
being piled up - baby nappies bundled up in a scrap of cloud
- drying nappies
as if taking a trip
to billowing clouds - fallen nappies–
how quickly clouds
escape - billowing clouds…
there’s no escape
drying nappies
2023 AWAKENINGS iii
- in a shape
of full moon…
mum’s bare breast - gazing at
the full moon…
mum’s bare breast - boldy he graps
mum’s bare breast…
full moon - a full moon
in its grasp…
mum’s bare breast - hazy moon mum offers her breast to nursing baby
- hazy moon
when mum’s breast
is full - baby’s giggle…
facing a cool breeze
straight on - the feeling
of a gentle breeze…
baby’s giggle - baby’s giggle a soft spring breeze
- gentle breeze
a baby mouth
is slighly open
2023 AWAKENINGS -ii
- gibbous moon–
baby on her back
sleeping - clenching a fist
the nursing baby
raising a day moon - the nursing baby
opens its mouth…
an abyss - snowball
the moment a baby
curls up to sleep - sleeping baby
turns so quickly…
crescent moon - moon sliver–
sleepy baby
holds a curl - avalanche
the flow of milk
from mum’s breast - avalanche
breast milk flows slowly
from the bottle - steady rain
water rushes slowly
directly from the faucet - waterfall hot water from the faucet
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