Here's Janelle's
Poem of the Month
for June
I WAS FOR MY DAUGHTER by Janelle DuBois I was for my daughter a rock pool secluded, serene, and cool where she swam and splashed and went from little girl to young woman I was for my daughter a laser beam teaching her how to be a good laser beam: focused, bright, carefully and deliberately aimed I was for my daughter a bridle a magic carpet a prayer a mother a rock pool |