childrens poetry
Nostalgia-inducing poetry inspired by our earliest favorites; from Dr. Seuss to Mother Goose, children’s poetry is all grown up.
monkeys business
I recently met my little brother for the first time, he's 7 years old. We spent a lifetime (for him) apart, but there is something so so comforting in the fact that we just got along like old friends. He's the best. Seriously, to know that at once, someone who was just information and news to me, could one day become not only my cool little creative brother but really like a friend. I am comforted by young children who are still so interested in creation and imagination, who embrace poems and doodles on google. We talked about simple things and nigger things, like why we didn't know one another for 7 years, but also how we liked the weather and our drawings. There was just something so comforting in sharing the good things, and having his lightness and enthusiasm really be a driving force for that. T know that all the pressure 'adults' have on things because of experience and memories; that some relationships can actually be a clean slate. So, he told me some of his comforts and I shared some of mine with him. Together, we made morning drawings this precious time for us. Here is his take on monkeys, with two magic tails, inspired by this poem below:
By Mingling with the Moon 3 years ago in Poets
