her plastic pail
waiting by the bed
sand-dollar moon

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Dian Duchin Reed

Dian Duchin Reed is an award-winning writer whose poems, articles, essays, and photographs have appeared in many publications. Her books include Medusa Discovers Styling Gel (poetry) and Dao De Jing: Laozi's Ancient Wisdom (translated from the Chinese). Learn more at dianduchinreed.com

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  1. .
    her plastic pail
    waiting by the bed
    sand-dollar moon

    —DIAN DUCHIN REED

    Romantic and poignant. Is this a young girl, maybe on holiday, waiting to rush to the beach? Is this a girl with great memories of a recent Summer holiday?

    Is this a woman still waiting for something but not necessarily, after many years, a run to the beach, but something else, a relationship that won't fail, or that she is actually many many decades older, always looking back. Someone that has never given up the call of childhood, a Peter Pan in spirit?

    The more the crafted poem is read, the more, we as readers, as a hidden second verse, in fact, can feel. One to enjoy many times.

    Beautifully composed with more than one hidden depth.

    warm regards,
    Alan
    President, United Haiku and Tanka Society
    co-founder, Call of the Page

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