Vera Constantineau
Times Like These
times like these
the urge to call home
to listen to mother
launch a story
that would often take
hours to get through
overwhelms
sometimes it would be
the ones of dad
sometimes her
memories of
her grandparents
passed on like
a gift that
gave and gave
of itself
like my mother
who gave of her self
with tales of other times
filling up empty spaces
pushing out loneliness
in times like these
Less and More
weighs
less than
a sparrow
this ache
yet so much
more than
the stone
that marks
the grave
Vera Constantineau writes both haiku and verse poetry. Her work has been published by Acorn, Modern Haiku, Presence and the Wales Haiku Journal. In April of 2020 Vera’s chapbook,
three lines at a time, was published by Buddha BabyPress. Her verse poetry has appeared in Otoliths, TAR and Sulphur. Vera is Poet Laureate for the City of Greater Sudbury.
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