Poems from ngopes
I was greeted by silence at her door as
Her father-in-law has just died at 91.
She sat down on a red carpet, her back against the wall,...
This late afternoon, I went to see my friend,
whose father in law, age 91, died 12 days ago.
I looked at her face, full of pain.
She said...
Near the Potomac river, the tray of warm food were
placed on the table for supper, its smell filled the blue tent shed.
Near the table,...
The blue beach umbrella hung from my right shoulder,the beach chair on my back, and the woven straw hat over my head,as I walked along a...
Late afternoon,
I ran towards the standing jeep
going to my village holding
a dripping umbrella
over my wet hair.
The rusty hinges of the...