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Elizabeth Cotton
Jun 30, 20241 min read
Airport Sunflower
As we walked briskly through One of the airports on one of our trips I spotted a guy with a sunflower tie It was definitely too much But...
Elizabeth Cotton
Apr 15, 20241 min read
I've told you about the flowers
And now you spend twenty dollars at Trader Joe’s every two weeks or so you examine the petals you create your own bouquet many are not up...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 25, 20241 min read
Happy Wife, Happy Life
You always tell the waiters At the end of our dates, If she’s happy I’m happy And each time it makes me Happy. At our early Valentine...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 16, 20241 min read
Meeting
By the time we met, I had already met you I thought to myself, I might marry you someday And I knew it was too late to push you away...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 11, 20241 min read
wedding dress
it is hard to imagine myself in a wedding dress I never could confident femininity a woman at her best a picture of perfection thin arms,...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 22, 20241 min read
Soothing Star
I’m not sure I’ve seen a shooting star And what we have is what I would have wished But instead of the quick and fleeting Blink and then...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 6, 20241 min read
In the Next Years
On New Year’s we clink glasses, the dozing kids’ Martinellis flat in theirs Hold out on their ages until they each finish a bowl of...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 1, 20241 min read
Jelly BeansÂ
We may have been sharper I was starting to get abs, you’d noticed But our shared time was too delicious Made us softer, squishier Gave us...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 31, 20241 min read
Uncertain Spring
It was an uncertain Spring And in just two weeks we went from Bits of pixel and soundbytes To walking hand in hand toward the beach, To a...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 30, 20241 min read
Rituals
I open the door easily because you remembered to unlock it It is dark as I take off my shoes and call out, yoo-hoo? You reply from the...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 27, 20241 min read
Road Trip
You said if we ever break up You would go on a road trip Get in the car and just drive Think about what went wrong So we talk about road...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 26, 20241 min read
June 2020
There is a public crisis But personally, not so bad A national nightmare But to me, a pleasant dream You said to me However much you...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Dream
I dreamt that you wrote about our life together and when I got to the ending I looked away I didn't want to spoil it.
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Rewrite
You’ve inspired me To rewrite old poems So that they are about you Rededicated and tweaked You’ve made me glad They were never published...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Shared
Remember we went to Abbot Elementary together In Pawnee, Indiana, our beloved, quirky hometown Grab burgers at Bob’s, an AFC Richmond...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Corn Cheese
These words that I now serve are warm, and sweet a nice, delightful treat with soju a little Korean, but technically not. And these are...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
love letters
they say romance is dead but what is more romantic than staying up all night writing, in quick succession click click click, woosh, ding...
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