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Having been immersed in memoir writing for many months, I decided to write a small poem every day for a year to keep my poetic hand in. I've posted them to Instagram and facebook as written – where, to my amazement, people love them – but on this blog they are sometimes subject to later rewriting.
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Friday 21 July 2023

All over town ...


All over town, and further still,

we keep our quiet individual vigils,

which join naturally in collective light,

for a sister well into her nineties

who, we’ve been advised, is ‘waiting 

for the call.’ She’s quiet at home 

with family, no longer receiving 

visitors. Knowing the life she’s lived,

of love and joy and dance, of community

and healing others, it’s no surprise to know 

she is waiting peacefully, seeing visions.

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