Developmental stages—a poem
People truck through phases. Shakespeare
Erikson and Sheehan all agree on that.
Young people rarely tell us
that they’re struggling
in the dark behind the mask:
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Reading a paper book—a poem
our eye skips down the centre
of a paper page
like a pebble over ocean.
You can see what lies ahead
you have perspective
and memory and speed
Finding my brand as an old woman—a poem
A kind man offered to develop my brand.
I said, I don’t think you understand
That I am extremely old
and way beyond
the need for a personal brand.
Another word for old — a poem
Old is a word that daily grows more vague
and more distasteful for the semi-old.
We dread the word because we dread the fact.
Older gives grammatical offence
Death through the eyes of a child
(Reposted from 2015) In which I try to come to terms with Death by comparing Ruby’s God of Mud with Death as described by Steve Jobs. When Ruby (not her real name) was very young, she used to share her insights into life, the universe and everything. I wrote down 79 of these as found poems. […]
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