Challenge from author Jennifer Jacobson: write a glimmer poem using observations from everyday life.
Almost a Conversation
Now that the world has stopped and my footing isn’t as sure as it was yesterday and Dad still can’t function I look for the hawk for the redbird for the wild turkey I listen for the music for the seat belt beep for the clicking of the lock I watch the skies for telling clouds
But what I really need, Mom, is to sit with you to talk with you to listen to you to hear your voice to smell your hair to feel your touch to see an ethereal you over a cup of Earl Grey to have a conversation about what the truth is
Almost a Conversation
Now that the world has stopped
and my footing isn’t as sure
as it was yesterday
and Dad still can’t function
I look for the hawk
for the redbird
for the wild turkey
I listen for the music
for the seat belt beep
for the clicking of the lock
I watch the skies for telling clouds
But what I really need, Mom,
is to sit with you
to talk with you
to listen to you
to hear your voice
to smell your hair
to feel your touch
to see an ethereal you
over a cup of Earl Grey
to have a conversation
about what the truth is