Hey Folks – I’m Back!

Hey Folks - I'm Back!

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Hey Folks – I’m Back

 
Black Bond Books here have just informed me that my book Chasing a Butterfly “was one of our top 3 selling poetry books of 2017!”
 
Hurrah!
 
PS: I’ll be back soon. I have been tied up these past few months with finding a new place to live, then downsizing (Big Time!!!) from house to tiny apartment (with sloping, wavy floors – sit on my office chair at my desk and I get a ride down hill), sorting, packing, days of moving, and now living in a mess and trying to catch up on paying bills and all kinds of past, neglected business. 
 
It’s been such a moving experience. 🙁
 
Still, in the midst of it – I think it was while collecting the scattered photos when one of them triggered what I am pleased to call a thought – I stopped and scribbled the following in my pocket notebook. It was the first “creative” thought in many weeks. I reproduce it here pretty much the way I jotted it down.
 
 
A MOVING EXPERIENCE
 
A funny thing happened
on the way to my new abode
Sorting papers
Nostalgia
Being tough – forcing myself – 
Me saying goodbye
Sorting, gathering
Box after box of photos
And I see her here
And suddenly I’m crying…
 
The more I get it together,
The more I fall apart!
 
How many goodbyes must one say?
Even after that final goodbye,
And that after all those long, long goodbyes –
That long series of goodbyes to the
Various personalities moulded by Alzheimer’s.
 
So it’s goodbye, my love,,,
But never, really,
I now go forward
With courage and expectancy
To new adventures…
 
Thank you, my love,
You moulded me well.
 
I shall do you proud.
 
— —
 
The more I get it togeter,
The more I fall apart!
 
ADD?? The blunt truth is that although pain of loss fades with time, grief can still strike at any time.
Love is deep.
 
To This:
Hey Folks-To This
Cheers, Friends.

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Judge at 6th Rabindrinath Tagore Awards - International - English Poetry Contest Author of Ann, A Tribute, and Chasing a Butterfly, A story of love and loss to Acceptance with the poetry of Alzheimer's and poetry for everybody. Appears in anthologies in Canada, US, India, Mexico and Bolivia. Poetry in Ekphrastic Review and NWriteers International Networeworld Review. Member of Federation of BC Wrters, Royal City Literary Society, and Holy Wow Poets Canada. Member Writers International Network: Distinguished Poet, Distinguished writer.
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2 Responses to Hey Folks – I’m Back!

  1. admin says:

    Thank you to the LinkedIn sharer of this post.

  2. A beautiful write Herb, it is so good to pause for creative thoughts ☺

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