Margaret Leis Hanna, Central Ohio Branch
Written after reading the historical novel, Widow’s War, by Sally Gunning
She walks the shore
Stripped of her husband
she searches
solace on sand.
Breathes salt air
Where
Water suffocated him.
Arms across
hollow heart
she suffers the unwanted.
As waves before her
Love and loss
Ebb and flow
As limitless horizons
Anger and grief
Stretch through her
As moonlight on stilled seas
Calmness and acceptance
Cloak her.
Love brings her
Weeping and walking
Where water widowed her.
Lovely poem. I like the form and the alliteration. The message is for us all.
This poem is exquisitely crafted.
I love the concept and the emotion of her walk.
could be more rhythmic if words in each stanza were
rearranged and more attention was paid to meter.
Keep writing!
Cheri
Lovely prose!
I could feel her grief.
Well done.
Poem speaks truly of the woman’s despair.
Very moving.