breath just out of reach
in the lungs
in the soul
her heart was tired
her eyes more so
those lovely fingers
nails thin and yellow
once strung delicate white lights
on every willowy houseplant
claiming the toasted-cream living room
a mechanical bed usurping
the mahogany coffee table
those vertical houseplants
sparkling oxygen
into dying black irises
feathers and leaves usher her
to papa’s homeland
embracing over cobblestones
pattering bustling streets
inhaling baked flour
smiling at
a bouncing soccer ball
little white lights dripping
across canopies
warm bistros and red wine
her breath
whispering
I am home
I am home
I am home
those houseplants
sparkling
Robin’s Tree
May you dream of a full, beautiful life…
Tree painted about 2 years ago for Robin
anntogether 
Beautiful. The poem and the painting.
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Very kind. Thank you.
Have a lovely Wednesday.
AnnMarie 🙂
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beautiful.
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Thank you. I appreciate the kindness.
AnnMarie 🙂
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AnnMarie, this poem … is simply sparkling. It’s moving and thought-provoking, filled with longing and sadness, and attempts to comprehend that great “incomprehensible inevitability.” Such perfect “splashes” of color/detail, like Monet, capture this woman (your aunt) and her impeccable life which titters between the here and now, present/past and future, earthly and other-worldly. And that ending, those three perfect words — “I am home,” like the ending of Toby Wolff’s incredible story, “Bullet in the Brain” — arrest, create frison, take the breath away. Beautiful.
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Ah, thank you, my friend. Speaking with Nina pulls hard at my heart –
It’s been a wonderful life. She is blessed with family all around…
Your words here are beyond poetry – thank you, again.
Have a terrific Wednesday.
AM 🙂
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You, too, have a great, productive Wednesday, Miss. Your yesterday’s cleaning whirlwind put me to shame, shame, shame. I got nothin’ done! 🙂 I’m lobbing an email later.
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Slept like a rock, I did 🙂 I should clean more often 😉
Here’s to working with laptops and pens today, not window cleaner and vacuums 🙂
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Well, maybe you learned something from those rocks the other day. 🙂 I should clean, period. LOL
Wishing you a productive laptop/pen day ahead. Hell no, eschew those window cleaners and vacuums! (I’m a terrible influence.)
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😉
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