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On the way to the nursing home, we pass many beautiful sights. So many homes with pleasant yards, lawns, and flowers that delight. After so many days of rain then a little break, green everywhere abounds. kudzu wraps up trees grows rapidly reaches road.... goats needed to dine Several homeplaces have clear-cut trees so that the area looks completely different. Then the area where the tornado came through and demolished so many acres of trees, damaged homes, and other buildings. It will take years for it to grow back or will it ever? birds can't find a tree nesting impossible there.... landscaped homes needed The anxiety grows as we get nearer to the nursing home. Will the visit be much the same? He no longer has his hearing aids so that adds to his confusion. He mostly can't hear nor understand so the conversation bypasses him totally. She isn't up to date with the times either because she is isolated or she can't remember. The short-term memory is gone. It went the way of yesterday and can't return. They are not allowed to share a room nor are they in the same section of the home. nurse brings her out first he comes out, sits next to her.... they kiss, worth while trip

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/11/2021 10:16:00 AM

Oh, wow, what a marvelous haibun; I feel like I was there, watching.

Sotto Poet

Date: 7/11/2021 4:18:00 PM

Wonderful prose Sara, I enjoyed reading it, a scene that we need to get acquainted with as we get older, when hope start counting better than anything else. Blessings and kindest wishes

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/12/2021 5:04:00 AM

Lasaad, Yes, those of us who are older could face having to be in a facility but today so many young people are ending up having to go to the convalescent part of the home for all kinds of therapy after having COVID19. A younger man here about the age of our son had COVID19 and was in the hospital in intensive care for about 2 or 3 months then he had to go to a home to learn how to do everything again. Sad..The vaccine wasn't out when he was taken sick. Thanks for the visit. Sara

Quoth Theraven

Date: 7/11/2021 11:06:00 AM

Sara, What's better in a poem., than your wish? Thank you for teaching where hope is found.., In a kiss. -Richard

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/11/2021 3:49:00 PM

Richard, Yes, in a kiss based on love is where hope is found so many times. I appreciate the visits to my pages. I am delighted that you found something here~~hope. Sara

Kathryn Collins

Date: 7/10/2021 6:51:00 PM

Sara My visit here was prompted by a note from terry O’Leary. A small miracle brought me to your nursing home poem. The KISS is the crux of it yes? Don’t we know the anxiety of it and our own personal dread as we age. So happy your talents are ever crisp and original. Much Love, Kathy Collins

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/11/2021 3:08:00 AM

Kathryn, I appreciate you dropping by. Yes, the kiss is the important part. They can't share a room so when they see each other they share a kiss. I suspect that if they had a room together they would get on each other's nerves so maybe not being in a room together is good. I would rather they could be in the same room though. Sara

Gary Radice

Date: 7/10/2021 6:11:00 AM

Just random thoughts I pulled from this: Loss. Destruction. (Of the earth and of the mind.) Nature's rules. Man's rules. Worry. Love finds a way. Hope. I enjoyed your poem of contrasts, mood and juxtapositions Sara. It was a poignant read and felt so very real. Cheers - Gary

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/10/2021 6:34:00 AM

Gary, Thank you for your kind review of my work. I appreciate the comments about the poetic quality of it. It is helpful to know from a poet's point of view what they see in the application of poetic form, meter or whatever applies to the form used. Sara

Tom Cunningham

Date: 7/10/2021 5:31:00 AM

A scene many will be familiar with as our loved ones advance in years. Well written haibun Sara. Tom

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/10/2021 6:22:00 AM

Tom, I know I did not abide by the rules of Haibun in that I ended with a Senryu. Yes, we all face a similar fate unless we stay extremely well in all aspects of our state of mental, emotional, and physical. We have seen my mother, my husband's mother and father, my husband's aunts all get some type of dementia so it is very upsetting for us because we know that we face this illness called Alzheimer's Disease. Thanks for the visit. Sara..We(my husband and I) are closer than some. He is 80 and his sister 83.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 7/10/2021 5:20:00 AM

Funny I too wrote a poem on a nursing home but mine is totally different. Your descriptions are very real. Pity when old age catches us. Hugs.

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/10/2021 6:17:00 AM

Victor, It is sad. This is about our every 10 to 14 day trips to the nursing home to see my husband's sister and her husband. It is a sadder story than I can tell but they both seem on the surface to have adjusted to their circumstances. I will have to see if I can find your poem and see what you have to say. Thanks for the visit. Sara