Month: February 2014

Uncategorized by poemelfFebruary 27, 2014February 28, 2014

Friends along the way

Wedding Cake by Naomi Shihab Nye Once on a plane a woman asked me to hold her baby and disappeared. I figured it was safe, our being on a plane and all. How far could she go? She returned one hour later, having changed her clothes and washed her hair. I didn’t recognize […]

Uncategorized by poemelfFebruary 13, 2014

Poems last longer than chocolates

Time for the Third Annual Valentine’s Day Poem Elfing. (If you’re looking for more love poems, you can check out previous Valentine’s Day posts in 2013 and 2012.) Coincidentally, just as I was sitting down to work on this post, I got a Valentine in the mail. I can’t think of the last […]