the few days
between youth and age
one lifetime
* * * * *
butter melting
on warm bread
Sunday morning
* * * * *
At the antique store
I saw
my memories
* * * * *
morning coffee
on the patio
your chair, empty
* * * * *
the house is gone
bats circle in the evening
above the empty space
* Mel Goldberg writes… After earning an MA in English, I taught literature and composition in the United States and England. My poetry has appeared in numerous magazines, including Anthology, Midstream, Poetica and Acumen (UK). My tanka have been published in Atlas Poetica and Ribbons. I self-published two books of poetry and photography (1990); andThe Cyclic Path Sedona Poems (2001 for the Sedona, Arizona centennial). I now live in Mexico.
