grandchild’s birthday
the dress I gave her
outgrown
Nathalie Buckland
schools reopen
my granddaughter asks me
to babysit her doll
Padmasiri Jayathilaka
a gleam
in grandpa’s eyes
first blue ribbon
Gavin Austin
old flame—
we share photos of our kids
our age then
Mark Miller
little nankeen kestrel
under the shadows
of bigger wings
Robyn Cairns
young girl
her smile holds
her parents’ gaze
Rohan Buettel
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