Honoring a life
A woman I never knew
Save her mother’s love
For Phyllis, 4-12-13
Honoring a life A woman I never knew Save her mother’s love
I art, therefore I am…
Honoring a life A woman I never knew Save her mother’s love
Honoring a life
A woman I never knew
Save her mother’s love
Children fly the nest May their what-ifs be all good Their landings gentle
Children fly the nest
May their what-ifs be all good
Their landings gentle
A vision in pink; you balance on one long leg: Teach me how to dance. key words: Shirley J. Brewer, haiku, flamingo
On the saxophone Clarence Clemons’ heart Riffs a distant night key words: haiku, Janice Lynch Schuster, Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons
On the saxophone
Clarence Clemons’ heart
Riffs a distant night
key words: haiku, Janice Lynch Schuster, Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons
How can April Be named cruelest of them all? Forsythias bloom!
How can April
Be named cruelest of them all?
Forsythias bloom!
Three a.m. knitting Watching a prayer shawl emerge My hands claim the words
Three a.m. knitting
Watching a prayer shawl emerge
My hands claim the words
Under April’s sky I watch our dissolution Falling on the ground key words: rain, April, showers, spring
Under April’s sky
I watch our dissolution
Falling on the ground
key words: rain, April, showers, spring
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
~Sakura (cherry blossom)~ centennial trees longing to see the motherland they bloom —From a Japanese friend, physician Yukari ban-Hatori Galileo saw Our anchors in the blue sky Great heaven of stars –A response by Janice Lynch Schuster Key words: Japan, cherry blossoms, homesickness, Galileo, depression
~Sakura (cherry blossom)~
centennial trees
longing to see the motherland
they bloom
—From a Japanese friend, physician Yukari ban-Hatori
Galileo saw
Our anchors in the blue sky
Great heaven of stars
–A response by Janice Lynch Schuster
Key words: Japan, cherry blossoms, homesickness, Galileo, depression
1. Any yellow thing Reminds me of how quickly She could name the trees—JLS 2. For Pat How does it make sense To speak of you in the past You feel so present–Mary H. Lynch
1. Any yellow thing
Reminds me of how quickly
She could name the trees—JLS
2. For Pat
How does it make sense
To speak of you in the past
You feel so present–Mary H. Lynch