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For My Sister Across the Ocean

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on November 1, 2015| 4 Comments »

In the empty kitchen I read

your letter out loud,

try to speak in your tones

as if I might trick my ears,

but there are too many waves

in my voice, I can hardly keep my head

above the water, they are deep

the tides between here and there.

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Christmas and my Mother

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 24, 2013| 1 Comment »

unable to form
the sweet dough in my hands
without hearing the echo
of her hymn as she sings
a thousand miles away

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Using the Last Bit of Red Onion Left by Rachel

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on July 3, 2012| 6 Comments »

Using the Last Bit of Red Onion Left by Rachel

Lost for weeks in the corner of the crisper drawer,
it appears just in time to save the carrot soup.

One large hunk of red onion, partially used, still good.
I get nostalgic, remembering how Rachel, gone for three weeks,

served it with eggs, and though I didn’t eat them
I remember how delicious the kitchen smelled then.

It is her hand that chose it, her hand that sliced the rings.
I laugh at my own nostalgia. But I miss her, the all of her,

the giggling on the couch with her, the singing in the car,
cayenne and hot chocolate late night, poems, wine.

And slicing the onion, thinking about how Rachel she is,
it is right somehow that I should start to cry.

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