Roots

 Grandma at the lake cabin 

 showing me 

how to haul water for the fruit tree


my little job for the summer

 

I still feel guilty I don’t recall 

if i watered it at all


And was that the last time I saw her?





Prompt: write a poem that recounts a memory of a beloved relative, and something they did that echoes through your thoughts today.

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    1. Aw thanks for the read and leaving a comment!

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  2. This is so spare and piercing... the guilt and tenderness in those last two lines are devastating.

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  3. Oh, this says so much in so little. It's beautiful.

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  4. So short and succinct, and yet so poignant. Well done.

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  5. O! My word! Goosebumps. The underlying whispers of guilt fill in all the spaces in between the lines. What a composition. Love it.

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    1. Oh! Thank you for this lovely comment Arti

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  6. You did a wonderful "less is more" job on this poem. Congratulations!

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    1. Happy it works for you, thank you very much Gloria :)

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  7. Just read Day 13 post and Yay!! Congratulations. So well deserved.

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  8. Straight to the gut. Congratulations!!!

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  9. Congratulations on the feature! Well-deserved, this is a beautifully sparse yet effective poem.

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  10. I agree with the other commenters. Great job, and congrats on the feature!

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