she asks
me again,
how much calcium
should she take?
my tiny mother's bones
stronger than her memory
moonset spring/summer 2008
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Vulnerability is captured well here.
Posted by: aurora | May 24, 2008 at 09:51 AM
touching words...
Posted by: Andrea | May 25, 2008 at 04:47 AM
thanks, aurora and andrea.
Posted by: janet | May 25, 2008 at 09:08 AM
Enjoyed.
Posted by: Robert | May 26, 2008 at 12:15 AM
My grandmother has osteoporosis. So sad.
Posted by: Jennifer | May 26, 2008 at 10:26 AM
thanks, R and J.
J - i have the beginnings of osteo. myself; my mother may be in better shape than i am! ;)
Posted by: janet | May 26, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Spot on tanka!
This could be my mother, despite brittle bones, she still manages to survive some recent falls, and I still have to worry however tough she may be. ;-)
all my best,
Alan
Just 2 and a bit days away to the deadline!
The With Words International Online Haiku Competition
Half of the profits are going to a literacy project with children and young people in Malawi, Africa: AGLITt
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Posted by: Alan Summers | May 29, 2008 at 01:47 AM
Touching and unsentimental.
Posted by: Bill Kenney | June 05, 2008 at 07:26 PM
thanks, alan and bill.
Posted by: janet | June 06, 2008 at 04:50 PM