I ... entered the poem of life, whose purpose is ... simply to witness the beauties of the world, to discover the many forms that love can take. (Barabara Blackman in 'Glass After Glass')

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6 April 2011

Dear Mum and Dad

How are you both?
What’s it like being dead?
I expect you’ve grown
quite used to it by now.

I can’t believe it’s been
so long! I’m already older
than you were, Dad,
and hope to outlast Mum.

I think I turned out all right.
You might not agree.
But you see, in my opinion
you got some things wrong.

I did grow up to be a poet.
I’m glad I never married
the doctor or lawyer
you thought would suit me.

And I’m about to watch
a TV program that includes
‘sex scenes and coarse language’.
There’s nothing you can do.


(Day 3 - Your parents)
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous6 April 2011 at 23:24

    Right on, crone sister. Loved it.
    "Nothing you can do about it!" So it is.

    Claudia/le_aucoeur@livejournal.com

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  2. Rosemary Nissen-Wade6 April 2011 at 23:44

    Thank you, dear Claudia!

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  3. poetbear7 April 2011 at 01:29

    love it!!~paul

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  4. Rosemary Nissen-Wade7 April 2011 at 10:19

    It seems to be striking a chord with people! :)

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  5. Jingle Poetry At Olive Garden26 October 2011 at 12:36

    cute,

    signed in to follow your blog,
    poem on.
    check us out, share,

    free style poems are welcome too.

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  6. Rosemary Nissen-Wade27 October 2011 at 00:17

    I appreciate the following, and I'm so sorry I won't be able to do much in response to your kind invitation. Our internet access is extremely limited so it's all I can do to keep up with present commitments. But I'll bear it in mind, and you never know. :)

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