hospice visit
for the third time
she asks the name
of her daughter
holding her hand

In my book, 
Haiku and Tanka Harvest © 2011
but first published in
Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 2
March/April 2010

Hospice visit

hospice visit
for the third time
she asks the name
of her daughter
holding her hand

Sketchbook Vol. 5, No. 2
March/April 2010

Hospice

I brush mom's gray hair 
as she chats with unseen friends 
in her hospice home 
I wonder if she knows
I'm her least-liked daughter

Notes from the Gean
Vol. 2, Issue 4, March 2011

Hospice visit

hospice visit
for the third time
she asks the name
of her daughter
holding her hand

Sketchbook Vol. 5, No. 2
March/April 2010