parenting – Wordflower

“At the first chance you know it will shrug/ you off, as lightly as a leaf” 18 February 202618 February 2026

Appropriation better cease / Letter it 7 February 20267 February 2026

a fire burning low, with ashes and some unburnt square pieces of wood

The front door creaks open — stillness interrupted — heavy footsteps cross the threshold, the waft of body odour displacing fresh air, a familiar voice can be heard, 1 February 20262 February 2026

6 7 21 January 20262 February 2026

the die, recast 15 January 202615 January 2026

page of a notebook showing writing and drawings. the drawings are of a life-size cockroach and an enlarged tardigrade or moss piglet. the notes relate to the poem and include its title

Sunset on the human race / A tardigrade could do better / Traditions get mangled, entangled, star-spangled / Genocide as a form of tourism: A slam poetry-esque Longette Lite* from the deviser 14 January 202614 January 2026

selfie of a person's decolletage and them holding a brown plush toy. you can only see the face of the soft toy. It has round black eyes, a large brown beak, and small triangle ears on top of its head

How to be a stranger (or, What Not to do) 7 January 20266 February 2026

An early vice (reblogged, with audio) 11 June 20259 June 2025

A mum-ku … now with audio 29 May 202527 May 2025

Mother’s Day reblog: a poem by Frank Solanki 12 May 202512 May 2025