Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school.
we wrapped it
in tinsel green, red
paper torn
her toy mouse
tethered
to a lower branch
the best present
a little boy
held
© 2017 Melinda J. Irvine
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aw, what a doll –
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