tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post3817618739456846117..comments2024-03-28T02:54:32.745-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - Cleaning HouseTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-23314562730123100352013-09-27T05:19:54.615-04:002013-09-27T05:19:54.615-04:00thanks for sharing Denver house cleaningthanks for sharing <a rel="nofollow">Denver house cleaning</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-86527602985689378312013-09-24T09:04:01.603-04:002013-09-24T09:04:01.603-04:00P.S. I have an older poem about this (or at least,...P.S. I have an older poem about this (or at least, after a death) that was published in Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell's Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School earlier this year:<br /><br /><br />Grandma’s House<br /><br />The boxes we packed full of books<br />are gone now, the chairs<br />and pictures, the throw rugs,<br />the china cats, even the dust.<br /><br />When we walk down the KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-49038462831553692482013-09-24T08:58:07.318-04:002013-09-24T08:58:07.318-04:00That's a hard thing, Tricia. I see it coming a...That's a hard thing, Tricia. I see it coming a few years down the road...<br /><br /><br />Mom Asks<br /><br />“What will you do with all this stuff when I die?”<br />Mom asks. She has forgotten that the other day<br />I found a note Dad had written, nothing special,<br />something about work. She didn’t throw it away.KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-63498237092344767712013-09-24T02:25:34.821-04:002013-09-24T02:25:34.821-04:00Hi Tricia:
I'm sorry you're going through...Hi Tricia:<br /><br />I'm sorry you're going through such an upheaval, it's very confronting to watch parents getting older. I wish you and your family strength during this tough times. Here's my poem.<br /><br />THE CLEANSING OF SPIRITS<br />Mom and I clean out Grandma’s nursing home apartment. <br />Her lavender scent is still lurking within these 4 walls. <br />Before Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.com