Friday, May 6, 2016

mother may I?

(c) Robbie Nuwanda 2015
mother may I
take a break
sisters may I
slow on down
cousins may I
sleep and wake
in tune with moon and sun?
every day is raced away
lists are long
with oversight/s
mother may I
fail to strive
let nature drive
for 40 days?

daughter yes
do breathe and rest
if anyone is asking why
why lay by?
why go slow?
say
"I'm the mom
and I say so."

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See you all in mid-June.
The roundup is hosted today by Sylvia at Poetry for Children.

11 comments:

  1. daughter yes
    do breathe and rest

    Sometimes we need to give ourselves permission, don't we?? Love the poem, Heidi. Thank you! xo

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  2. Happy Mother's Day, Heidi, and a marvelous end to your school year, too. I give you permission, too!

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  3. What wonderful permission... Happy Mother's Day, Heidi!

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  4. I get it. Take the time you need. We'll miss you, though.

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  5. Clever! Thanks for sharing your "away" poem this Poetry Friday. Enjoy your time!

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  6. Here's my "mother may I" -- may I sleep in as long as my body wants today? YES! (internal alarm goes off at 5:30 AM -- less than an hour of extra sleep. Oh, well...perhaps the permission was all I needed!)

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  7. Found this blog through bloglovin! Really great content.

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  8. Just dropped by, out of time, to say Hi. I wrote to my daughter today, and I drop by to find this gem here. We parents, we see them so strongly.

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  9. If I'm the sower, we plant the Seed; if I'm an artist, we RITE the symphonies heard Upstairs ☆IF☆ you accept His lead withe orchestra...

    Wanna find-out the fax, Jak, in a wurld fulla the 'power of cowards'? Wanna wiseabove to help a 'Plethora Of Wurdz' [POW!] which are look'n for a new home in thy novelty??

    Q: But [gulp] can anyone tell me the difference between K2 plus IQ? A: Nthn. In Heaven, we gitt'm both for eternity HeeHee Need a few more thots, ideers, wild wurdz (whoa, Nelly! easy, girl!) or ironclad iconoclasms?

    VERBUM SAT SAPIENTI (Latin: words to [the] wise): As an ex-writer of the sassy, savvy, schizophenia we all go thro in this lifelong demise, I just wanna help U.S. git past the ping-pong-politics, the whorizontal more!ass! we're in...

    "This finite existence is only a test, son," God Almighty told me in my coma. "Far beyond thy earthly tempest is where you'll find tangible, corpulent eloquence". Lemme tella youse without d'New Joisey accent...

    I actually saw Seventh-Heaven when we died: you couldn't #@!!☆ get!! any moe curly, party-hardy-endorphins, low-hanging-fruit of the Celestial Paradise, extravagantly-surplus-lush Upstairs (aww! baby kitties, too!!) when my o-so-beautifull, brilliant, bombastic girly passed-away due to those wry, sardonic satires...

    "Those who are wise will shine as brightly as the expanse of the Heavens, and those who have instructed many in uprightousness as bright as stars for all eternity" -Daniel 12:3, NJB

    Here's also what the prolific, exquisite GODy sed: 'the more you shall honor Me, the more I shall bless you' -the Infant Jesus of Prague.

    Go gitt'm, girl. You're incredible. See you Upstairs. I won't be joining'm in the nasty Abyss where Isis prowls
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  10. hey this is really very nice poetry.we were waiting for more.

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