Precious One

You live too far away

for me to watch you grow

except for photographs

sent by your mom

and grandma, too.

I know why they call

you a great granddaughter

because that is what you are

I long to hold you

get to know you

and you know me, too.

I'll train myself to get used

to longing for you each day.

I'll see your face from a photo

on my wall. I'll remember

your smile, your smell,

the feel of you in my arms

until I hold you again.

Great Form

Shadorma

is my favorite

poetry

form so far

because it’s so simply done

I hope you’ll try it.

If you use

this Spanish poem style

remember

it can be

more addictive than even

the Haiku or Lune.

A New Mood

(PAD for day twelve)

Forget what they say.
Traffic in the city
isn’t horrendous, nothing
negative can be said
about a place that so
many people want to be.

Fact is, and this is true,
cars are jammed and line
the streets because it’s
a good place to be. Traffic
clogs the roads you drive on
because these are the roads
that are most desirable.

How lucky you are to be there,
to receive that energy you can’t
get anywhere else. This is
the place you were meant to be.