tanka, other poetry, & insignificant writings of janet lynn davis
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
A stranger's card
a stranger's card adrift on our winter lawn . . . handwritten inside Noel's wife has cancer, just thought you should know —Wisteria, Issue 4, Jan. 2007; Modern English Tanka, Spring 2007 All literally true. How connected we are.
A sad reminder of how many people have the disease.I know of and have known of too many people who have had the disease. Some have survived, thank God, but sadly, some have not.
A wonderful poem, testament to the power of simply observing and recording the literal truth.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jenny; I always enjoy your comments. I think there's probably a lot of interesting literal truth out there.
ReplyDeleteA sad reminder of how many people have the disease.I know of and have known of too many people who have had the disease. Some have survived, thank God, but sadly, some have not.
ReplyDeleteAdelaide
Ditto, Adelaide, the disease is all-too familiar to most of us; in my mind, I sometimes call it the "Big C."
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