We returned a day or two ago. I was reluctant to leave my family back in Illinois, though it was good to be home, back among my animals and books and garden. I completed the poem for my father the day before leaving town, and had it printed with two others, all centered around the [...]
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Memorial poems
Posted in elegy, Spoon River on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Elegy
Posted in elegy on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My father died this afternoon, peacefully in his own bed. Mother was with him Around midnight I went for my usual walk with dog & cat. Sky was clear with bright stars. This night, for the first time, the Pleiades are visible in the northwest. I have been asked to write an elegy for the memorial service. I feel [...]
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