children – tinywords

I pause to watch the moon riding the clouds the boy tugs my hand

free from school the chalk dances across the sidewalk

museum hall children study their echoes

Pelham Parkway between the winter trees the child’s breath

painting class children color each other into laughter

an old woman sweeps the walk of cherry blossoms children’s laughter

teaching my sons to skip river stones ripples converge

first recital all the ballerinas out of step (haiga)

ceiling mirror between screams I see my child being born