a crossword puzzle
side by side my parents

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Jean LeBlanc

Jean LeBlanc taught college writing and literature for twenty-five years. Her most recent haiku collection is Nod if the Wind (Cyberwit, 2026). An artist as well as a poet, she explores the transformative power of imagery using collage, asemic writing, and other visual media. Her work can be seen on Facebook, Jean LeBlanc Poetry and Art.

13 thoughts on “”

  1. We can envision the loving companionship and repartee that develops when two people share a favorite pastime; the child (however young or old) and onlooker become a part of the moment as well. The intimacy is sweetly and simply expressed.

  2. Thank you. Lovely. I live in a retirement community and there's one couple that's been married for longer than I've been alive. I get this feeling when in their presence.

  3. Such simplicity of words, yet it takes the reader so much deeper. What a nice feeling is evoked by this image. I find myself wondering – or imagining – what their years together have been.

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