for linda
”linda bonnet”
high on her swing
buccaneer with brown braids
searching for treasure
from her bedroom
the child banishes
snakes and skeletons
lush scent of lilacs
line the driveway from childhood
–mother calls me home
by Pamela Miller Ness, from driveway from childhood
(Small Poetry Press, Concord, CA, 1997). to order see .
from dagosan:
email hugs
cyber kisses —
birthday party apart
the gift
of wrinkle-resistant genes:
big sister’s birthday
[dag, 06-16-04]