Toes Like Little Peas
-Gary Snyder
How intelligent he looks!
on his back
both feet caught in my one hand
his glance set sideways,
on a giant poster of Geronimo
with a Sharp’s repeating rifle by his knee.
I open, wipe, he doesn’t even notice
nor do I.
Baby legs and knees
toes like little peas
little wrinkles, good-to-eat,
eyes bright, shiny ears
chest swelling drawing air,
No trouble, friend,
you and me and Geronimo
are men.
Cian Surinder McDermott arrived yesterday, the latest addition to the Dooradoyle boys. (That’s KEY-en, for readers who aren’t Irish.)
“You think your heart is a certain size, but when you have children you realize it can get so much bigger,” my friend Andy told me last year. We don’t all get to visit that country, but there’s a postcard from it in Natasha’s eyes.


Friday, October 7th 2005 at 5:39 am
Wow, that is a beautiful child. He looks like he’s posing for the camera! I’ve never seen such an appealing newborn (or such an appealing new Mum, for that matter!)
Friday, October 7th 2005 at 1:23 pm
:)
Sunday, October 9th 2005 at 8:35 pm
Aaahhhhhhh.
:-)
Just Beautiful.
Best Wishes to all for the future.
Monday, October 10th 2005 at 2:04 am
Lovely post… almost makes me want to be a mother ;-)
Wednesday, October 12th 2005 at 11:57 am
Hi Claire, Mark, and Jack,
Thank you all so much for your comments and good wishes!! He’s a great, very sweet little guy…
-Natasha
Thursday, October 13th 2005 at 5:45 pm
Me, I love the poem ;)