Tag Archives: Remembrance

MOTHER NOT HERE, CHILD NOT HERE

Mother. . .. . .not herechild. . .. .. not here. . . This roll call of attendance–not stellar.That’s clear. And yet,what we we hadand whatwe were or were nevermeant to get is part ofthe chiseling, drawing and writing utensilthat … Continue reading

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NO TIME FOR TEARS

No time for tears. . . Comes in the news my latest late and latter elder from this world has disappeared. I say, “No time,” but were it really such a crime, if I would do a little crying? And … Continue reading

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DADDY DADDY DADDY DADDY DADDY

Daddy Daddy Daddy Daddy Daddy you left so soon– I was not ready. . . I felt alone. . . the love you gave to me, I missed so much. . . the wonder ways you had to teach and … Continue reading

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DADDY, HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

Daddy I miss you now! I miss you how? How gone? So long? We barely knew ye. . . though we learned much in your arms, in your voice, in all of your skill and the stuff you could teach, … Continue reading

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CINDERELLA EDGES STITCHED AND CROSSED

A deal we struck– you demanded due return for me to learn from you to turn your squeaky wheel, a step that in those days, I had to get to set me free. . . though never learned at mother’s … Continue reading

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GHOSTLY SCRATCHES

Ghostly scratches from a year long past– like cuneiform, but formed by the stingy pen in hand of one weary, as if out of gas, but scribbling still, though stylus weeped dry, teared its now-and -then ink– Work cut out … Continue reading

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