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 Comments (8)Nicole Monaghan, a stay-at-home mom to three amazing children, ages 10, 9, and 5, received First Prize Honors in three categories at the 62nd Annual Philadelphia Writers' Conference: Flash Fiction, Literary Short Story, and Creative Nonfiction. Her work appears in DOGZPLOT, Foundling Review, and several other fine journals. This poem won Second Prize Honors at the '09 PWC. More from Nicole Monaghan Poetry Archives
She's Seven
November 7, 2010
She's trying to stick pomegranate seeds in spaces baby teeth left behind She's trying to look at her own eyebrows by looking up really hard She's silliness embodied curiosity's employee she'll rescue flicked creepy-crawlies with no hope of credit She's delicate of heart we walk on eggshells her tears never far She's making mosaic art by drawing pieces of a girl's face on three Post-It Notes an eye on one an eye on another a nose and mouth on the third She's one part her very own one part him one part me that part made up of so many pieces from long ago pieces that come back like the memory of a childhood friend long-since contacted, familiar, missed That was before I was tired before I felt inadequate daily before I wiped pomegranate juice off the kitchen floor really hard.
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So wonderful, my daughter is seven and I giggled at every line! Thanks for the early morning smile :)
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Danielle. Thanks for reading. I love that the images made you giggle--seven year olds are a riot, arn't they?
Oh, what a wonderful poem.
Poignant.
Powerful.
Well done.
Brilliant and beautiful. I've got one at home just like her.
Crazy Baby Mama, thank you. What wondeful words you've chosen to describe my poem.
Elise, thank you for reading. You made me smile--the thought of you having one at home just like her. :)
Nicole, I just read this as I sit across the room from my toothless seven-year-old who made a picture out of lines last night. You captured this time so beautifully. Thank you. I am going to print it and save it in my "treasures." ("treasures" being another thing my seven year old taught me)
Amy, I'm truly touched to have a piece of mine saved in your "treasures." And I love that your sever year old taught you about treasures. Don't they all, really?