Photo by Wendy Videlock
Ma Tana
Laurie James (1947-2022)
The last time I stopped at your Salida digs
jonesing for a Ma Tana hug
you were gone
As you are now
in a hospital’s ICU
Even as Dano, Wends & I made plans
for a lightning nomad poets’ lark
to hug & help you off into
that mystery
that’s coming for us too
Denied a face-to-face
we can only call you up
in our dark hearts bright minds
A fearless gentle cantankerous kind
of mountain goddess
we held dear
Hold even dearer now
in death’s embrace
She would always be gone too soon.
ReplyDeleteAs are all those friends who pass over
DeleteAh, condolences. RIP
ReplyDeleteA sturdy steady force of nature, Laurie.
ReplyDeleteSuch a gaping chasm, never-to-be-filled, left by her absence.
Thank you!
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