FIRST FRIDAY POETRY OCTOBER 2024

I'm joining Beverly A Baird & Linda Schueler in a "year long poetry practice – on the first Friday of each Month," when we, and anyone else who joins, writes a poem and pairs it up with a photo relating to it.

We had the grandkids again last weekend. One of the younger girls came out of the bedroom, naked and slathered with slime. Her father was not impressed. I, on the other hand, was delighted. Of course, I didn't have to clean up the mess. 

I am in awe of this child's creativity, independence, and fearlessness. She is the one who leads the rest of the grandkids in magical adventures - even when they include mud bathing. Today's poem is for her.

this is our darling girl

a warrior princess in training

poised as a disney prima donna
pondering which superpower

to accessorize with today

she’s a wild beast
(even Max couldn’t tame her)
rumpusing naked round house and garden
decorated in mud, paint or slime

she’s a befriender of the unfriended
not one whit intimidated by
dinosaurs, monsters or spiders

wolves frighten her 

but she is only four,

give her time
she'll be leading the pack