HANNAH

Hannah Mou I'll need to find similes of platinum
Else could I do justice to your new presence among us.

What a " cute kid" doesn't cut it, nor does "what a beautiful baby".
How about a reference to the Elysian marbles or Bottacelli?

Nope, I guess it'll just be that everyone around you is newly in love
With the tiniest of the progeny…I'm hoping that will suffice for now.

Later on, we'll probably get to know each other and maybe we can
Sit together in a canoe and figure out if we need anything more.

Steve Gilbert lives in Merrimac, MA, but spends his summers hanging in Nelson, NH.