Spending the Night with Grandmom

1.  Memory goes on I see you in the kitchen Frying quail eggs for me 2.  Calculating math Black US government pen You never erased     key words: grandmother, memory, longing, loss, haiku  

1.  Memory goes on

I see you in the kitchen

Frying quail eggs for me

2.  Calculating math

Black US government pen

You never erased

 

 

key words: grandmother, memory, longing, loss, haiku

 

Author: Janice

A creative. Lifelong Marylander. After many odd jobs of adolescence and college, have always worked as a writer and published essays, op-eds, articles, and poetry in national news media and small presses. Collection of poetry, "Saturday at the Gym", about boxing, aging, and motherhood; collection of artwork and poetry, "What Are Mothers For?" On the verge of an empty nest for the first time in 30 years, my question is: What am I for?