I art, therefore I am…
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
When my voice emerged Poetry the only sound Worth remembering
When my voice emerged
Poetry the only sound
Worth remembering
Not a word is said, Our Easter Sunday dinner When ghosts come to town
Not a word is said,
Our Easter Sunday dinner
When ghosts come to town
I could never sleep. We will be dead for so long Grandmother warned me.
I could never sleep.
We will be dead for so long
Grandmother warned me.
I see my Grandmom Settled in her favorite chair Comfort in our past Key words: haiku, Janice Lynch Schuster
I see my Grandmom
Settled in her favorite chair
Comfort in our past
Key words: haiku, Janice Lynch Schuster
A woodpecker drills My silent, cold house settles With hopes of April
A woodpecker drills
My silent, cold house settles
With hopes of April
Where does the heart go When the body can’t keep pace? You are here, in mine. Last work
Saying our goodbyes From the moment we first met How our lives go fast While I didn’t count You grew beyond my hand’s reach Just living does that We hold hands to sleep A howling wind topples trees We are dreaming still We live forever In memories and friendship You are always mine Every day … Continue reading “Longing”
Saying our goodbyes
From the moment we first met
How our lives go fast
While I didn’t count
You grew beyond my hand’s reach
Just living does that
We hold hands to sleep
A howling wind topples trees
We are dreaming still
We live forever
In memories and friendship
You are always mine
Every day my heart
Carves a path to memory
You come in again
