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Author: Patricia McKernon Runkle
Patricia McKernon Runkle's writing explores loss, healing, and the unexpected. Her most recent book is To the You Who Used to Be: Poems on Dementia and Wholeness (Shanti Arts Publishing, 2024).
the last song I sing her
the lullaby
she taught me
nightmare
unhinged all night
the banging shutter
morning news
the rising shriek
of the kettle
the soft knocking
of my pulse
on his pillow . . .
valentine’s eve
all hallows’ eve
my skeleton awaits
its night out
conversation with my daughter
a ribbon of honey in my tea
rainforest entering me the quiet