Category: Family

• The boy stands

  The boy stands and bounces, holding the edge of the sofa, humming sloppy raspberries,

  Jenifer

  June 7, 2014

  Aging, Childhood, Family, Teenager

  poetry

• Geraniums

  It begins with the scent of geraniums, bitter and hard,

  Jenifer

  June 1, 2014

  Aging, Childhood, Dying, Family, Garden, Memory, Poem sampler, Seasons

  poetry

• Prom night

  Corsage scratches wrist; shoes pinch little toes; fingers clenched; dizzying

  Jenifer

  May 22, 2014

  Childhood, Family, Teenager

  poetry, tanka

• A notion

  I tilt recklessly through the day, buffered by your tender forgivings.

  Jenifer

  May 17, 2014

  Family, Love, Meditation, Work life, Yoga

  poetry, tanka

• The gift

  Somewhere in the silky trill of the early birds my memory finds you, and in its deep wanderings

  Jenifer

  May 11, 2014

  Family, Memory, Story

  poetry

• Stay

  There is a deer grazing in our woods behind the bunkhouse,

  Jenifer

  April 30, 2014

  Aging, Childhood, Family, My family, Nature

  NaPoWriMo, poetry