reading the poets
of my parents’
generation
their voices
return
SMILE, 2010
Reprinted: They Gave Us Life: Celebrating Mothers, Fathers & Others in Haiku; Edited by Robert Epstein (2017, Middle Island Press).
Category: Tanka
early fall
early fall
small brown blanket
from my mother’s home
adds beauty and warmth
to the sunroom
short Monday poem
Monday
and planning
the week
what will grow
what should rest
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
October 28, 2013
This is a favorite poem,
and good to offer in different ways
over the years.
Published by WestWard Quarterly
Fall, 2016
cold
cold
Lake Michigan winds
a tiny bird
seeks shelter
by the kitchen window
Autumn Grace
leaves of bleeding hearts
now gold
so do broken hearts mend
so does grief heal
Autumn grace
This poem was a gift. I am grateful to share again here, in large print.
Published by Bell’s Letters Poet, SMILE, and WestWard Quarterly.
pink clouds
pink clouds
span the horizon
seagulls take flight
stretching to read
new books
gardens growing
gardens growing
long before we came here
how deep the roots
must be and decades old
planted in God’s earth
