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calendar* says my word today is fortitude *Merriam-Webster’s 365 New Words Calendar January 26 (also Enola’s–my mom’s–birthday in 1917) Reply
Old newpapers
and latest worries-
life of hospice
empty studio
only sunlight dances on
silent wooden floor
Enola’s love
and strength
January light
January light?
But where are its,
the former snows?
mud puddles-
remains of a
January snow
white covers gardens
Snowdrops sleep
late dad’s
mahjong joint
its rattle drives my tears
wintry dawn –
series of body aches
spring, one day closer
–
calendar* says
my word today
is fortitude
*Merriam-Webster’s 365 New Words Calendar
January 26 (also Enola’s–my mom’s–birthday in 1917)
escaping the cold –
dry leaf rolls
along the sidewalk
nursing home visit…
dad sips
his favorite steak
March windchimes
Ringing your name
Love your haiku
south beach every day-
even the gulls
have a night life