Nicely stated. Grief is a slow movement.
Andrew
On 29 September 2016 at 06:49, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A nice personal touch here, Sharon.
>
> A bit of what we’re all feeling…
>
> Doug
> > On Sep 28, 2016, at 11:50 AM, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Snapshot Poem
> >
> > 28 September 02016
> >
> > R.I.P. Max Richards
> >
> > I struggle up
> >
> > from unpleasant
> >
> > dreams. Sit down
> >
> > to put on my socks.
> >
> > Go downstairs one
> >
> > step at a time.
> >
> > I sweep yellow leaves
> >
> > from the garden chair.
> >
> > Another day.
> >
> > Another death.
> >
> > Another hole
> >
> > in the social net.
> >
> > Another blank canvas.
> >
> > Another unwritten poem.
> >
> > I pull my winter coats
> >
> > from the back closet.
> >
> > A steady
> >
> > unravelling
> >
> > at the center
> >
> > of this abundant life.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > sharon brogan
> > http://www.sbpoet.com
> > http://www.sbpoet.net
> > http://smallpoems.sbpoet.net
> > 406.578.1788
>
> Douglas Barbour
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> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>
> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
> 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> Four or five couplets trying to dance
> into Persia. Who dances in Persia now?
>
> A magic carpet, a prayer mat, red.
> A knocked off head of somebody on her broken knees.
>
> Phyllis Webb
>
--
Andrew
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