rainforest entering me the quiet
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).
conversation with my daughter
a ribbon of honey in my tea
all hallows’ eve
my skeleton awaits
its night out
the soft knocking
of my pulse
on his pillow . . .
valentine?s eve
morning news
the rising shriek
of the kettle
nightmare
unhinged all night
the banging shutter
the last song I sing her
the lullaby
she taught me