Fiftieth birthday
Awkward blue heron takes flight
Letting go of self
Aging
Fiftieth birthday Awkward blue heron takes flight Letting go of self
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?
Flight
Nervous at airport Emotions trump physics laws What keeps us aloft?
Nervous at airport
Emotions trump physics laws
What keeps us aloft?
Longing
Missing my kiddies They grew so far beyond me And never came home Sent from my iPhone
Missing my kiddies
They grew so far beyond me
And never came home
Sent from my iPhone
Cowboys
Cowboys ford fast streams Heads barely above water This is a whoop up.
Cowboys ford fast streams
Heads barely above water
This is a whoop up.
Flight
Planes enter the clouds Disoriented, afraid Rather stay on earth.
Planes enter the clouds
Disoriented, afraid
Rather stay on earth.
Distracted
We follow too close And hurry on down the road We brake for nothing
We follow too close
And hurry on down the road
We brake for nothing
Economy
They work grunt day jobs And overtime late night shifts Our children slide by
They work grunt day jobs
And overtime late night shifts
Our children slide by
Grunt
They work grunt day jobs And overtime late night shifts Our children slide by Key words:sawing shift, adult children, recession
They work grunt day jobs
And overtime late night shifts
Our children slide by
Key words:sawing shift, adult children, recession
Empty nest
Empty nest blues hit. House full of adult children. We all sigh as one. Key words: childhood, empty nest, transitions
Empty nest blues hit.
House full of adult children.
We all sigh as one.
Key words: childhood, empty nest, transitions
Graduation
The white robed girls flock We can hardly count the years Release them like doves Key words: graduation, girls, freedom
The white robed girls flock
We can hardly count the years
Release them like doves
Key words: graduation, girls, freedom