crime spree
a bowerbird blings up
his love nest
Tom Staudt
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chameleon rose
Mother’s hair sparkles
in half light
Rose van Son
her fingers wrapped
around mine
our mother’s hands
Julia Wakefield
nursing home
we hold hands
for the first time
Julia Wakefield
mother’s passing
the crumbling mortar
of our family home
Maureen Sexton
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moonlight sonata—
the ballerina
I could have been
Lysa Collins
fairy tale book
my old enchantment
flown away
Quendryth Young
nearly fifty
more behind me than in front
the strange ride home
Esther Ottaway
moonrise
an old lady
takes the staircase
Jeanie Axton
her cane at rest a bed full of flying dreams
Alice Wanderer
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bright spring day
learning new skills
from a grandchild
Beverley George
young lips
measure regret
on bony cheeks
Mignon Patterson
pear blossom wind
showering the old couple
in white confetti
John Low
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