Banana Lover

A poem for my wife on her 27th birthday.

Photo by Mike Dorner.

Yesterday was Haley's birthday. Every birthday since the first we shared together as a couple, I've written her something original: a letter or a poem. I've done the same on Valentine’s Days, Mother’s Days, or other special occasions that merit such effort.

The letters and poems, now in the dozens, are not the work of some savant. Th…