Poems on Loss
Hiroshima
by D Shapiro
A child with a red dress, chases a pigeon, and bends to catch it.
A young man, no more than 30, puts his arm around his son and bends to hear the child’s words.
The man’s ear and arm are blistered with red scars.
An Imperfect Eulogy
by D. Shapiro (1970)
For a blue-eyed grandmother. This poem shares the pain of death and the fragility of life. There is also commentary by Johanna and later thoughts (2018) on using art to “cope” with life suffering.
PETE’S PASSING
by D Shapiro
3/8/18
Tears, fear, anger, No
control, helpless, what to do
Now…breathe, share, love, smile
The Journey, (poems at different life stages) 1987-2018
by D Shapiro with comments by J Shapiro
One / Om / One
Is it ten years study
Or just siz years to wisdom…
So who is counting?!
(1987)
Death Haiku
by D Shapiro
Wondering…. What is
The last line of my haiku?
Grateful…. …..breathing
^
still
He was a Kite Dressed as a Crane
by D. Shapiro
He was a kite dressed in cranes and pulled back by those dancing on the bridge. The yellow lanterns strung along the riverbank were blown by the wind which was trying to make him soar.