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18th September 2003

by Paganini Jones















my father bent, frail,
his white hair drifts
- late summer breeze













06/13/2004

Author's Note:
Sometimes I think the Haiku/senyru form and my Father belong together. His short term memory is so short now that he could not cope with any poem longer. And it is in this tiny form that I can most easily both capture and bear the pain of his aging so cruelly.

This poem was written very recently for a contest here on Poesie. Its origin is a moment captured in a photograph taken last year when my parents visited us in Scarborough. for a holiday.

Posted on 06/13/2004
Copyright © 2024 Paganini Jones

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Maureen Glaude on 06/13/04 at 05:09 PM

perhaps I saw my own dad in that chair, when he was still alive and sometimes his hair, white-grey by then, tended to grow longer than he ever used to keep it. And he sat staring, kind of depressed, when he was in the full care home, or even in his own home a bit before that. I could just see this, and the changes in him that didn't seem representative of the dad I knew. Blessings.

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 06/14/04 at 01:46 PM

Reminds me of my own dad, now 77, and although still in relatively good health, it's obvious the years have and are taking their toll on his mind and body in various ways. Thanks Pag.

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