Diana JoyApr 17, 20161 min readNaPoWriMo 17, 2016Imperative NowGoSit In The GardenNowDo ItNowmouth shutsenses open
Diana JoyApr 17, 20161 min readNaPoWriMo 16, 2016I actually did write this yesterday. I just didn't get around to posting it then, and I have forgiven myself for that. This is for the Pedersen family, with love. Especially Bent, Sam, Becky and Alex. Changing of the Guard Rummaging through the pastin hushed chaos.Children.Children’s children.Childrens’s children’s children.Pulling stories out of drawersclosets, cupboards, corners.Photographs by the hundreds.Plates by the dozenshanging on the walls.Knicks knacks,fridge magnets,cross stitch wall hangings.Christmas paper,books, glasswarecutlery, ashtrays,placemats, hats,knitting needles.Dust of years fliesfrom boxes revealingthe mystery of their contents.The place emptiesof stuff and fillswith the love of thosewho will carry onin the tender watch ofa new matriarch.VHS tapes, a travel alarm clock.“I don’t know how to tell time,”the youngest boy says.
I actually did write this yesterday. I just didn't get around to posting it then, and I have forgiven myself for that. This is for the Pedersen family, with love. Especially Bent, Sam, Becky and Alex. Changing of the Guard Rummaging through the pastin hushed chaos.Children.Children’s children.Childrens’s children’s children.Pulling stories out of drawersclosets, cupboards, corners.Photographs by the hundreds.Plates by the dozenshanging on the walls.Knicks knacks,fridge magnets,cross stitch wall hangings.Christmas paper,books, glasswarecutlery, ashtrays,placemats, hats,knitting needles.Dust of years fliesfrom boxes revealingthe mystery of their contents.The place emptiesof stuff and fillswith the love of thosewho will carry onin the tender watch ofa new matriarch.VHS tapes, a travel alarm clock.“I don’t know how to tell time,”the youngest boy says.
Diana JoyApr 15, 20161 min readNaPoWriMo 15, 2016Hump Day I writemy way uphillin ink and pink snowof cherry blossoms and fearlong, long, long, at the top – I tipand trip laughing throughpollen and pain all theway down tothe end
Hump Day I writemy way uphillin ink and pink snowof cherry blossoms and fearlong, long, long, at the top – I tipand trip laughing throughpollen and pain all theway down tothe end