Jacob in the Pumpkin Patch

April 11, 2004

Do you remember the day
we visited the pumpkin patch?
It must have been a day or two
before Halloween:
you were wearing your cozy gray
kitty-cat costume,
with its tail and paws
and pointy little ears.

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First Crossing for Three: California to Hawaii

October 01, 2003

We caught a spring lull between winter gales
And hurricanes, into the wind and seasick,
Until wind shift and sea change, our headsail filled,
Like a huge quarter of a hot-air balloon.

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Tourist Notes

August 02, 2003 

They look like California boys
       skateboards tuned
   casual
   windblown
   intent
         working
            the
               slope
   green shorts
   glossy
riding the shadow of Eiffel's tower.

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Water Dance

July 16, 2003 

Enzo dances in the center
of the shopping mall fountain
surrounded by sleepy shoppers
watching with gathering amusement

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Jakey's Poem

April 11, 2003 

In our first picture of you, 
I see our beautiful 
beautiful pink baby,
all wrapped up 
like the perfect little gift 
you are,
angelic adorable little face
perfectly still.

But only for the instant when we snapped your picture.

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