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Tag Archives: Grief
Mom (for Bethany)
She was the best mom. In hard times, she’d put a Bible under my pillow so words of comfort mingled with my dreams. (Fear not, for I bring you tidings of great joy.) She never let a stranger-child go … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, child, children, Grief, kids, mom, motherhood, poems, poetry
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Shrine for Don
Crowned “king of the gods” in high school, caped with scepter in hand, a gentle smile, the basketball star in our tiny world, at 21, a lieutenant in Vietnam. Bombs fell on the green villages perimeters strafed and over-run maimed … Continue reading
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Tagged Grief, In Memoriam, Memorial Day, poem, VietNam War, VietNam War Memorial, War
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At the Nursing Home
As I walk in, a woman straightens the chair on the patio outside her room. Her Easter lily, parched, sits untended, one bloom left. As I pass she says, I’m nuts, and blows me kisses, her fingers touching her lips … Continue reading
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Tagged demenia, elderly, Grief, love, nursing homes, poem
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Departure
His scent lingers near his bedroom door, I sniff the air – a startled deer – then feel his absence in the molted room.
Denial
That slip of the mind That momentary disengagement Like the clutch in the old Dodge I think: I have to get a message to her Then: how can I get a message to her As if it were a … Continue reading
New Year’s Eve
A cake her father bought her mother – always on the frosting the shape of a clock with the hand five minutes to midnight for the New Year’s Eve birthday gal, happy in their dancing celebrating then, even now … Continue reading