Empty
Mug
He used to read
the comics to her
over coffee.
Now she reads
to his photograph.
--Lauren
McBride
Poet's
Notes: A tribute to my parents, married fifty-eight years, who
met as children and were friends for life.
Editor’s
Note: Ernest
Hemingway used to enjoy making up six-word micro-flash fictions. His most
famous:
For
sale: baby shoes, never worn.
Lauren’s final stanza would make a great 6-worder--one I
daresay that would have given even the great Hemingway pause. The first stanza enhances the impact of
the second. Such emotion packed into such a tiny poem!
I was challenged to write a six word poem this summer. I certainly did not come up with anything as memorable as "Now she reads to his photograph." I do love how much this poems says in such a few words.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much!
ReplyDelete~Lauren