A friend's daughter had her 16th birthday yesterday. I stuffed this in the birthday card.
TO ELIZABETH
Tall, lithe, fair, and graceful,
Braided hair and prairie dresses,
Fifteen going on sixteen,
Caught in the moment
Between girl and young woman
Like a butterfly
Emerging from her cocoon.
And her smile, enigmatic,
A Mona Lisa smile,
Hints of secrets
She shares only with God.
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
Dear readers, this is my third book of poems, and inside are a special collection of what have turned out to be not only MY personal favorites, but also the favorites of many of YOU. Some of these have never been available in print before...
Kathy J Parenteau
Elizabeth will cherish your thoughts about her.
Ron
Makes me want to sing…
Chippery-chick, cha-la, cha-la
Chip-a-la romey in a bananika
Bollika, wollika, can't you see
Chippery chick is me!
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