On My Table

Sewing machine
Surrounded by
Cups left over from dinner
An empty box of cereal
Bean bags waiting to be filled
A pile of scraps
Bryan's pocket contents
And some yummy cinnamon rolls
Which will probably be the first
To go

Due

Another day
Has come and gone
No baby here
No happy song
Rejoicing in
Her timeliness
So I'll sit
And wait I guess
Hoping for
Another day
When she'll come out
To stay

The Things I See From Here

A bucket of pinto beans from 1973
30 jumbo rolls of toilet paper
The sewing machine
A pile of scraps
The stars that always fall when we shut the door too hard
The frisbee
A new phone book

An empty cookie jar
Just waiting to be filled

Colorful Alphabet

Colorful alphabet
On my floor
Yellow
Green
Orange
Red
Heathered Gray
Waiting to be sewn
And waiting
Even longer
To be played with

It Was Clean This Morning

Piles of scraps
Piles of squares
Piles of blankets
Piles of cords
Piles of clothes
Piles of dishes
Piles of movies
Piles of books
How did the house get so messy?

Puttering

Little projects
Every day
To pass the time

Needle and thread
Buttons and pearls
And fabric

Stitches in
Stitches out
Goes the week

Tidy up
Each night
Messy in the morning

Trying to keep busy
Waiting for the day
When she'll arrive

Little Stitches

Sewing for a
Three year-old
Is so forgiving
Ignore the puckers
The crooked stitches
The funky colors
Most importantly
It is pink
And purple
And can cuddle
And tuck in
Her dolly