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Thursday, February 9, 2012
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 Comments (1)Sally Houtman is the author of the nonfiction book To Grandma's House, We...Stay, Quick Publishing. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in many print and online publications, including flashquake, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, Tattoo Highway, and Touch: The Journal of Healing. She relocated from Los Angeles to Wellington, New Zealand, in 2005, where she now lives with her Kiwi husband and two Kiwi-American children. More from Sally Houtman Poetry Archives
My Daughter in the Garden
December 6, 2009
One -- two -- three, she counts and drops the seeds in shallow holes. Bye-bye, she says. See you soon! Palms pat the dampened soil. Hands clasp and twirl a daisy stem. One -- two -- three, she counts and plucks its tattered cape. Bye-bye, she calls to each. Petals dip and scoop the air in their narrow sails. Away! Away! A swallow cries. Wings scissor the ragged sky. An aircraft roars. Sound fills my chest and drains away. One -- two -- three, I count the years. Chins tilt skyward. Hands press cool glass. Bye-bye, I say.
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I love the first and last stanzas of this poem. I could totally see the little girl patting the earth, telling the seeds good-bye. And I could visualize the mother with her hands on the cool glass, waving her young daughter off to school. Thanks for sharing such tender moments.
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