Elegy for my grandmother, 108
A Quadra-Haiku
Altar candles burn
Our silent prayers released
Ancestors singing
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How far songs travel
Growing wings from vocal tones
Riding broken breath
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Memories of her
Winter water turns to ice
Bitter grief preserved
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Dirt finally thaws
She always kept us waiting
Goodnight swiftly came
About the Creator
Colleen Borst
As an artist and a writer, I love pulling strands of folklore into our current world, imagining what could be, and paying respect to the past.
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