A glimpse into my daily life
divided into three clear sections
my kid, my dad, my own directions
duties, errands, worry, strife.
My daughter’s many maladies
Jumper’s Knee, Cheerleader Spine
a shrinking waist; cause: undefined
P.T. and mental therapy.
An aging father with declining cognition
alone in his house of disrepair
encased in mail & Mom’s affairs (final)
ashes to ocean nary come to fruition.
Teacher, on these summer nights
allow yourself to grieve, just bleed
keep the babies, but pull the weeds
read and dream and love and write.
Poem and Found Object by Kimberly Russo
Kimberly Russo is an English teacher in Aurora, Colorado where she resides with her husband, Tony. She is the mother of four children, Nicholas (Stephanie,) Audrey, Grace, and Maritza, and a proud grandmother to Doc Wilder and Willa Cassidy. Kimberly spends her free time gardening & bird-watching. Much of her writing is dedicated to marriage/family, social issues, including the perpetuating inequality among genders/race, and the stigma associated with mental illness. Her poetry has appeared in River Poets Journal, Open Minds Quarterly, PDXX Collective, Sixfold (Summer 2016,) Sixfold (Summer 2018,) Sixfold (Winter 2022,) Cricket Media: Spider Magazine, and ACM, Another Chicago Magazine.
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