14 March 24 write
By Jan Dederick
Memories of elder women of past years.
Jo, next door neighbor, who complained that,
at 68, she needs to rest after only a very
short stint of yard work. She chided us, newly moved in
A Day in The Life of Elderhood
By Carl Kopman
Less is more…
A designation …A resignation…
That I am
in a state of…
What’s it called…
Sunfire Journey
By Michael Smith
Alone we come
Down the chute,
A first breath shout of victory.
No name, no words, no separation.
Silence…
Just being, pure being.
five tanka
By John Rowe
below the moonrise
at a neighborhood diner
an old man sits alone
waits for his order
to be taken
About Time & Death and 7 Portraits
By Jeannette DesBoine
DEATH
Before death overwhelms me
I’m gonna have me some fun.
I ain’t worried about dying,
I’m gonna have me some fun.
I’m gonna dance the soft shoe
Oh, My Ann
By Martina Reaves
My heart cracks open.
Ann, my friend for fifty years,
lost in a coma.
How Does One Name Peace
By Rasunah Katz
Name it the silence that accompanied all creation
Name it the wordlessness of animals
Name it does not live by the sword
Name it does not hold a grudge
Waiting For Night To Fall
By Carl Kopman
Lovers and friends never have ends
And The Sky Is Not Cloudy All Day
By Curt Berry
last night she says
” i don’t want anyone but you”
fine. fine.
we were making love
and things like that are
often said,
heightening, as it does,
as it did,
the emotional nature of the Act,
increasing, no doubt,
the sperm count and the possibilities
of Zygote formation.
How We Said Goodbye
By Peter Lit
How do we set someone free?
How do we say goodbye and
send someone on their path?