Saturday, December 5, 2020

as she begins to write

my poetry
professor. Neva
is closing in on ninety.

she loves
to write, loves to read
her poetry

to a crowd
of one, or two.

more than that is a
delight.

she's clean and precise
with her words.

paring down
the lines, tightening
up the rhymes.

we're so different
in style,
and subject matter,

her and i, which is fine.

and as i hold her book in my
hands tonight

i wonder if she's well.
i wonder what new thoughts
will

leave her heart
as she begins to write.

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