Lyn's August Blog

 

Three tankas for mother

1. It’s Carnival Week.

Also mother’s funeral.

See how the flags are flapping.

She would have enjoyed it all,

celebration and sorrow.


2.  I found her name tapes –

one way to remember her.           

Seems like yesterday

I was sewing them on socks

and humming her favourite songs.


3.  ‘Clair de Lune’ it was.

I had to fade it for her,

get the timing right.

Fading is what mother did.

We won’t hear her sing again.

Lyn Browne

July 2013