Tanka Xix

funeral parlor I tiptoe in to say goodbye-- in stealth flight a fearless owl Prev. Pub. in RIBBONS, Fall 2020 Vol 16 #3

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 4/25/2024 12:21:00 PM

quite the image…startling

Duke Beaufort

Date: 10/10/2023 5:29:00 PM

This brings back a lot of memories. It's always a little tricky to greet and speak to the families of the deceased. It doesn't get any easier.

Carol Louise Moon
Date: 10/10/2023 10:42:00 PM

Yes, and grief is handled in so many ways. Thanks for appreciating my poem.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 5/31/2023 6:40:00 AM

Makes the heart pound. The last two funerals were ones with ashes. Almost forgetting I was in a funeral power, passes a room with a body.

Carol Louise Moon
Date: 10/10/2023 10:45:00 PM

Hi Kim, So sorry I am responding to your comment. I've been away for awhile. Yes, I just got home from vacation and a poet friend died. I attended his funeral and was able to hand out a trifold of his poems to the guests. What an honor. He was a sweet and godly man.