she swings her cane as if it could cut flowers she planted and now cannot name . . . inside, a cousin seals another box
—Peg Duthie
Issue 16.2 | 7 October 2016
Beautiful tanka, Peg, very moving.
using a cane for the first time my father doesn't look up looking like any old man
so sad…
Sad , but so well shown and done, Peg. Thank you!
exquisitely poignant
dad's refusal to use the cane old tiger maple
Very sad! —— If i could break all seals all locks Or If i could live open life from the start
Oh, sad!
marion
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October 7th, 2016 at 1:57 pm
Beautiful tanka, Peg, very moving.
using a cane
for the first time
my father doesn't look up
looking like
any old man
October 7th, 2016 at 1:58 pm
so sad…
October 7th, 2016 at 2:08 pm
Sad , but so well shown and done, Peg. Thank you!
October 7th, 2016 at 3:51 pm
exquisitely poignant
October 7th, 2016 at 4:46 pm
dad's refusal
to use the cane
old tiger maple
October 9th, 2016 at 8:26 pm
Very sad!
——
If i could break
all seals
all locks
Or
If i could live
open life from the start
October 11th, 2016 at 9:41 am
Oh, sad!
marion