Exercise: 3 of 7 in 7

This was just fun to write. It's difficult to write love poems of any kind, but it's a hell of a lot easier when it's a little baby niece like Wren.

Learning to Say

Wren says Hi!
when you enter, when you leave,
when you come back.
Wren says Hi! if you gush
at her over the phone,
Hi! if she sees you
smiling at her.

Wren's bow mouth makes little
oh sounds. She has something
she wants to say.
Wren says whoa
when she means whoa
with happy punches to the air.
Where did she learn that,
we ask. Little baby genius
says wow now. Wow at the cat's
swishing tail. Wow at her big
brother bouncing a ball. Wow
to a window pane shiny with sun.
Wren walks with the help of just
your pinky. Wow, wow.

Wren says more. More water,
more milk, more mini piles of mango.
Wren says baby. You say I love you,
baby. Wren says Hi!