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THE DEATH OF MY FATHER: 4 HAIKU POEMS
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The Death Of My Father: 4 Haiku Poems
Age 40, Sandwich/Boston, Massachusetts & Oxford, North Carolina, January 1985
-- This is one poem, from my autobiographical series of poems, that I posted here at WriteSpike. Go to my Stories section for others. They are in chronological order. --
My father's funeral-
old friends call me
by my childhood name
Night snow
behind his house,
we walked on the pond
ashes still wet
At Durgin-Park *
I eat the same
halibut, cornbread
as my fathers
At Oxford
the orphanage playground
we talked
of having a child
* Durgin-Park restaurant was founded in 1742 in Boston. My father, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers probably ate the same meal I ate on that trip back to the Northeast.
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At Oxford the orphanage playground we talked of having a child
What a way to end this, very striking. Thanks for sharing!
His death made me think about how I was related to those around me -- many of whom I had not seen for years.