we returned the shoes
she bought to dance in after
her last treatment
Image: TerriC–Pixabay
Shoes
women
Aching
widow wanders
all the trails they once loved
aching feet
Spring cleaning
cleaning her closet
the woman finds a moth
airing her linens
Sleeping Kitten
oh, that silly kitten
curled up asleep
on my rising dough
(Yes, this did happen years ago. Sitting in a warm place, the dough must have felt soft and inviting — at least it was covered with a clean cloth. Cats can fall asleep anywhere!)
The Future
a mother plants corn
her baby on her back
the future in her hands
Speak-Easy
pretty ladies dancing
in dark satin dresses
smoke-filled speak-easy
Ruth
Naomi’s husband
and her two sons dead—such heartache
but Ruth loved her
