my solemn spot

I found a spot
where the kids are not.
The time I’ve got
is not a lot.
But on this pot
a moment’s bought
to sit and jot
a passing thought
before I’m caught
before this spot
my solemn spot
is brought to not
by chance or plot
by a screaming horde
of tiny tots.

jwturner
4/6/2008

written entirely in the bathroom

breakfast laughter

woke from sleeping
youngest leading
morning greeting
coffee’s beeping
mouths need feeding
family seating
smiles are leaping
laughter seeping
joy in heaping
hands are sweeping
clock is creaping
times like these
are fast and fleeting

jwturner
6/22/2007

listening to the kids laugh at breakfast

8:10-8:16 am

conversation with my daughter

daddy?
baby?
watch me!
happily!
help me!
surely!
hug me!
gladly!
kiss me!
certainly!
love me!
eternally!

jwturner
for M, who is 2
3/2/2007

nap time

i’m just tired

of please eat your crusts
and musn’ts and musts
of stop making noise
and pick up the toys
of ’cause I said so
and where does it go

so you all need to go take a nap

j w turner
at nap time
01/13/07