Poet, teacher & critic
My thoughts are with you, Carrie. I know how this feels. So sorry I can't be workshopping with you today. Hope you don't mind my knee-jerk response:BIRTHDAYI stumble over this datelike the absenceof your lettersfallen through my letterbox,like a bump in the road,what lay ahead unseen a year agowhen I couldn’t knowwhat it is to have my birthday unrememberedby you;I shan’t forget yours.Helen P xx
Remembering these anniversaries are so difficult, but so important. Thinking of you....
My thoughts are with you, Carrie. I know how this feels. So sorry I can't be workshopping with you today. Hope you don't mind my knee-jerk response:
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I stumble over this date
like the absence
of your letters
fallen through my letterbox,
like a bump in the road,
what lay ahead
unseen a year ago
when I couldn’t know
what it is
to have my birthday
unremembered
by you;
I shan’t forget yours.
Helen P xx
Remembering these anniversaries are so difficult, but so important. Thinking of you....
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