Our Words
Our words are sand,
gritting tears.
Our words are honey,
sweetening our tongues.
Our words are water,
melting winter,
soothing rough rocks
in the early river.
Our words carom heart to heart,
the distance from lip to ear,
as far as old age and beyond.
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This poem is from the book Light in Dark Spaces by Margery Hutter Silver (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/light-in-dark-spaces-by-margery-hutter-silver/
Drawing from the author’s 90 years of experience, the poems in this collection arise from her love of family, of cherished friends, and of those moments in nature that fill us with awe. As in life, there is also loss. These poems address most vividly the losses of old age–loss of loved ones, of friends, of physical abilities. They can be poignant and sad, yet often surprise the reader with their optimism and humor. They reveal a love of life and an acceptance of life’s losses, but always with the intent to move ahead, continuing to find poetry in each new day,
Margery Hutter Silver is a former editor and clinical neuropsychologist. In her 80s, she started seriously writing poetry. Drawing from 90 years of experience, her poems rise from her love of family, animals, and those moments in nature that fill us with awe. Her poems about the losses of old age are sometimes poignant, sometimes funny, and sometimes sad. She lives in Lasell Village in Newton, Massachusetts, a few miles from her two daughters and four grandsons.
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