Best Lossgrandmother Poems
From the wrought iron gables
the oblong hummingbird feeder dangles
shiny plastic, strawberry lip-gloss red.
It sways above my grandmother’s head
as she watches their vibrating wings.
She rests at the kitchen sink,
puts down her dishtowel, and smiles.
I want to ask if she is tired of housewifely trials,
but the cat leaps to the window, hissing,
waking my grandmother from her reminiscing.
She goes back to the dirty dishes, alone;
silence is the new partner in her half-empty home.
You listened, you shared and you guided me.
You told me of what times would come to be.
I had to weather it, there was no shelter for me.
You held my eyes open so I could see.
And you were always there, no matter the wrong.
But the day came quick that you were gone.
You left the same way that we all must go.
A place uncertain that no one can fully know.
I imagine you in a shimmering place.
I still see the last smile upon your lovely face.
Sometimes I can't hold the tears back in the night.
But I've tried real hard to heal myself right.
I won't do the injustice to remember with dispair.
Instead I will let linger the warm feeling of your care.
I often gaze at a white swirling cloud.
I tell myself true, I must make you proud.
And so in your story I will not let erase.
I feel glimpses of your presence, there is a small trace.
There are so many things in this life that I fear.
And GOD knows I miss you my grandmother dear.
Yet together in a way our hearts remain bound.
For the gift you have left me I finally found.
***in memory of Leola Richardson 1925-2008 *****
Where is Caylee?
A little girl with smiling eyes
Where is Caylee?
No one’s seen her around lately
But her mother swears she’s alright
Now Grandma’s nose smells homicide
Where is Caylee?
(*this is supposed to capture the moment in time before they found her body --. for those of you who don't know the story, Caylee disappeard and her mother Casey Anthony told lie after lie about where she was. Caylee's grandmother got suspicious when she smelled the scent of a dead body coming from Casey's trunk. people and police searched for the little girl and eventually found her body buried in a trash bag, duct-taped. Casey just went to trial for it and was acquitted of the murder, much to the dismay of the general public.)
7/25/11
for Dr. Ram's contest