Footnotes Excerpt
The following lines are excerpts of two poems from Footnotes, my most recent book, published by Rock's Mills Press, 2020.
Crumbs on a Yellow Plate 2007
A yellow plate and plastic fork,
In trash-bag tossed,
Tell nothing of the past nor her
Brief life, now lost.
Instead a few sweet crumbs upon
The plate remain,
Remnants of what no longer is.
We share the pain.
Jack's Last Day 2020
He was a little man, but a ball of fire,
And I am surprised at the weight of his coffin.
Then I realize how many hopes and fears,
And how much courage and pain lie within.
Crumbs on a Yellow Plate 2007
A yellow plate and plastic fork,
In trash-bag tossed,
Tell nothing of the past nor her
Brief life, now lost.
Instead a few sweet crumbs upon
The plate remain,
Remnants of what no longer is.
We share the pain.
Jack's Last Day 2020
He was a little man, but a ball of fire,
And I am surprised at the weight of his coffin.
Then I realize how many hopes and fears,
And how much courage and pain lie within.
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