- rolling thunder
a flurry of baby farts
felt in my arms - full moon
under sleeping blanket
snoring baby - folded nappies
in neat piles
snowy peaks - squatting baby
its butt prints hardening…
mud dumplings - spring leaves —
baby’s handprints
is something to cherish - evening breeze
baby and mother exchange
yawns - baby rolls
towards my feet
worm moon - wiping baby drool
from its mouth…
melting icicles - sinking moon—
sleeping baby sinks
then disappears - crescent moon
newborn curls upon
my knees - excited baby
summons his mummy
clapping thunder
Category: 2023 AWAKENINGS
2023 AWAKENING xiv
- spring moon —
full baby bottle rolling
on the kitchen floor - hellish heat
feverish baby
gets swiped - spring mudslide–
cranky baby
poops on mum - sleeping baby
strapped tight into mum’s shoulders
full moon - full moon–
newborn strolls
through the living room - NICU concert–
newborns
are crying
*NICU neonatal intensive care unit
- baby farts
flying with gusto…
spring breeze - scarlet baby
bathed in tears
red sun - hot sunrise
enjoying
baby’s warmth - dying without
ever taking a breath…
blue baby
*Blue Baby Syndrome
- day thunder
the sound of baby farts
not seen
2023 AWAKENING xiii
- using her fingers
concerned mum searches
for a slight fever - lingering summer heat
hazy memories
of baby’s fever - papa’s lullaby
changing its timbre…
skin-chilling air - crawling baby
shrinks its shadow
hazy moon - day moon
so many shapes
of nappies - autumn chill…
singing mother speaks
in her mother’s tongue - winter fog last photo of my youth
- sleeping newborn
stays in my arms
day moon - feeding spoon
the full moon’s
eternal smile - soup spoon —
sunlight seeps into
my bones
2023 AWAKENING xii
- sickle moon
sleeping baby
curls out of sight - spring rain
counting newborn’s
tears - peeking at
newborn’s sleeping head…
hazy moon - hazy moon —
newborn’s head between
sleeping blankets - morning drizzle
newborn baby with piss-poor
aim - moon-gazing
watching closely
sleeping baby - powdered snow
baby formula
stretched to nothing - dry avalanche…
baby formula
falling straight down - blown away
by newborn’s farts…
autumn chill - sleeping newborn
with high fevers
summer heat
2023 AWAKENING xi
- trying to read
late-night thermometer
wormy scribbles - hazy moon
spilt formula
stains mum’s nightshift - red moon
how many berries
stains baby’s mouth? - wormy scribbles
it’s sleepy time
for baby - thick moonlight
between my fingers
folded nappy - lunar eclipse
mum examines the position
of soiled nappies - snowy peaks
the stack of nappies
taller than the house - heavy snow
the slow accumulation
of folded nappies - baby’s snores
merge with mum’s snores…
spring breeze - fresh milk–
pouring into my glass
thin moonlight - pouring out
fresh milk…
thin moonlight
2023 AWAKENING x
- rolling thunder
baby’s crying grows
even louder - spring clouds–
lined up in the pale blue
drying nappies - snowy mountains–
newly purchased nappies
all lined up - spring snowballs–
ball by ball lined up
soiled nappies - aired nappies
the lined-up row
of billowing clouds - a stirring of nappies
on the clothesline
billowing clouds - summer showers
the baby pees
again and again - summer drought
sleeping baby ceases
to drool - thick moonlight
mum drops a nappy
into the bin - noon breeze a crescendo of snores
2023 AWAKENING ix
- avalanche
a baby spews out
baby formula - waterfall–
a baby stands pissing
in its nappy - spring river–
where piss dribbles
dribbles down - summer lake–
baby pissing a perfect
circle - spring drizzle
from baby’s nappy
piss waterfall - summer drizzle-
a baby stands pissing
in its nappy - sunny spot
sleeping baby’s
pissing place - sleeping baby
a sliver of sunlight
beneath its nappy - soiled nappy
every one looks
like a snowball - summer snowballs
nappies on the playground
motionless
2023 AWAKENING viii
- 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
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
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