We haven’t had a poem from Mom in far too long!

Here’s one from 1999:

Turning Pages

What is the driver turning to
parked with his back to the sea

I have been singing and turning pages
of the Christmas carols our son
played for the family

Before we left to sing in Indiana
we met a man on Meigs Point here
a former soldier carrying his coffee
telling about his happy life
his Christmas shopping during this vacation
he had turned a page

Below Meigs Point this morning I remember
and I wonder now what page the man
with his back to the sea has turned

~ joan vayo ~ January 11, 1999

Mom and Dad loved Meigs Point, near their home in Madison, Connecticut, and visited that beautiful shore nearly every day.

Even after a snowfall …

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“Turning Pages” © 1999 Joan Vayo. All rights reserved.

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