Needed

my sweet peas
bloom on the widow’s side
where they’re needed

Shoes

we returned the shoes
she bought to dance in after
her last treatment

Image: TerriC–Pixabay

the miner’s tin perk
cheering body and soul
a gold standard

the cry of someone
left behind on the path
a keening wind

around the hearth
menfolk fix the world
women darn socks

snow angel girls
brush feathers from their faces
with snow-caked mitts

Chess

bishop guarding king
falls before advancing knight
old codger says “Check”