Somewhere Down

A lifetime

of chipped mugs ago

I sipped tea

looking out

over the Susquehanna

while you talked

I don’t remember much

but for the mint-tingle

of warm pottery

on my lips

and the mood

of the wide, wide river

#4 of 30 Poems in November to benefit the Center for New Americans. Today’s theme is TEA.

So far, my kids are each 4 for 4 with their drawings on the themes! Awesome. I'll try to figure out a way to share the drawings here as an album for anyone who is interested in following their progress.