Least Read Poems for and About Parents

a sunken
bulldozer
covered
by the Northwest

a fossil
symptom
of man between
Swan Lake and  
Kreger Lake  
 
between pterodactyls  
and annihilation  
 
it disappeared  
in a manner  
of intervals  
 
by the sunfeather  
and moonroll
 
by Mount Tambora  
of the year  
without summer  
 
by the tsunamis  
of elephants  
running to peak  
as an alarm  
 
by the robin bleary  
owl dives  
 
by the...

My daughter.

My purple rose.

You are going to have trials
And tribulations.

You are going to have sincere
Smiles and adorations.

You will give your love freely
And it affects you deeply.

Your tears will fall with
Seemingly no end.

The night will call to you
Looking for you to bend.

What I will say to you
With all my heart.

There is reason for you
From the very start.

I needed to love.

I needed to heal.

I needed your...