Silver Light
First published in Presence #79, July 2024, page 117. My dad died on 26 January 2014 at the age of 85. Verses originally written over numerous dates in 2014 and 2015. I assembled the poems into this sequence in March of 2024. +
fresh grave—
the tips of the kite’s feathers
spreading as it glides
the same view
from my bedroom window . . .
death anniversary
still unsorted
all the photos
from dad’s closet
death anniversary—
his Consumer Reports subscription
runs out
accumulating snow—
my father now
only a memory
death anniversary . . .
silver light
over the ocean