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Poetry | November 2019

At Home (with young children)

By Anne Salzman Kurzweg

The smallness of
this long day,
minutes parceled out
by tweezer.

Fingers combing carpet fibers,
grooming this house,
feeling for earnestly snipped scraps
in school-dull colors.

Finding, too, grievances
like unpopped kernels,
to be picked up,
polished with care
between thumb and fingertip,
and slipped into my mouth.

4 replies on “At Home (with young children)”

Anita Puliersays:
November 21, 2019 at 6:06 pm

Wonderful poem- captures that time of life so well!

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Suzanne Machtsays:
November 21, 2019 at 10:42 pm

You got it, Annie Kurzweg. Now I’m doing same for grandchildren – those days never end (thank goodness).

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Jessica Ettingersays:
November 22, 2019 at 10:53 am

Beautiful.

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Viv Ringsays:
December 10, 2019 at 4:17 am

Yes! Grievances like unpopped kernels – there’s a thought. Love the words, alliteration of your poem.

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