six parent-teachers
nineteen students
countless ripples
Swim Lessons
Instructions
keep close
keep together
keep between us
A Walk With Dad
becoming one’s self
in the care and comfort
of his attention
Fledgling
first flight
first landing
parents made proud
Birds At The Box
tending and guarding
the vigilant work
of parenting
Mountain Children
palisades reveal
the peaks and sheers
of this Appalachian’s child
