- sadness—
seeds inside this body
withering - mum’s belly is now in full flower
- mum’s belly
where amongst the clouds
does the baby find lodging? - exposed breasts buds swell while i gaze from afar
- silver dewdrops
when might they dry?
this river of my tears - bellies swell
and become phases
of the moon - hungry baby
sucking the moonlight…
breastfeeding - wandering from my breast
not in a trickle, but
in a milky torrent
breast-milk - expectant belly
oh, that the moon tonight
droops down and down - swollen breast dreaming on my pillow
- swollen breasts
pillowed by white clouds
am i
Tag: Nurture
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
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 -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
2023 AWAKENINGS
so if my calculations are correct, i have lived nearly 15,695 days. not including, let’s say the first 5 years of non-learning aka non-consciousness, 13,870. not discounting crawling, drooling and other life (sense) experiences, all these activities are important for life and or daily living. rambling at an end.
for today, yesterday, tomorrow, a few conscious sightings Haiku.
- full moon–
behind me a baby
crawls - moon phases the naked child crawls
- the far side
of the moon…
compressed diapers - sickle moon–
don’t bump your head
on cloth diapers - sickle moon–
don’t go floating away
cloth diaper - day moon curled baby sleeps in a place
- sickle moon–
sleeping side by side
drowsy babies - slight curve
of the day moon
sleepy baby - sleeping baby
tucked into folds…
sickle moon - full moon–
hungry baby goes quickly
to mum’s breast
PUEBLO MICHIGAN IV
rays of sunshine —
blackbirds steal fries
from the dumpster
sunshine
blackbirds huddle
around trashed fries
summer sunset…
fresh fries and mustard
on a plate
mustard
dripping from a bottle
setting sun
honey…
loose rays
of liquid sunshine
honey jar
at its bottom
summer sunset
sunlight…
streaks of mustard
on a decorative plate
* Sunshine found not only in Nature, but so too created by Man, can be sighted the hours before predawn and hours after midnight.
*Red-winged Blackbirds found commonly in Michigan.
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