Autumn afternoon
we keep our distance
in dappled light
talking about the life
we haven’t shared

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Sylvia Forges-Ryan

Sylvia Forges-Ryan recently received the International Azsacra Poetry Award from the Taj Mahal Journal in Allahabad, India which published her poems in December 2014. Also, she won Third Prize in the 2014 Robert Frost Poetry Contest. Her book, Take a Deep Breath: The Haiku Way to Inner Peace, which won an R. H. Blyth Honorable Mention for Outstanding Books in Haiku Literature from the World Haiku Review in 2013, was selected for permanent inclusion in the American Literature Collection of the Beinecke Library at Yale University.

5 thoughts on “”

  1. In dappled light, caring vanishes as 'tis whirled away. Well seen. _m

    cooler winds
    whirl to spin our fallen leaves
    centrifugal care

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