Write Your Life!: Poem-a-Day: My Departed Husband

Friday, March 28, 2008

Poem-a-Day: My Departed Husband

My Departed Husband

My love.

He died eight years

Ago today, a man

Of action, charming, friend of all.

My husband Jules, thirty years my anchor.

Life goes on, it's harder, duller.

No wonder March is sad.

I remember

My love.

1 comment:

Lydia said...: This one brought a sigh and a tear. I can't imagine being widowed after such a blessed long marriage. My husband is 12 years younger than I, but keeps referring to his dying first. I don't think it is going to be that way for us.

Thank you for sharing this tender poem.; March 28, 2008 at 4:14 PM

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I live on the thirty-fifth floor of a senior highrise on Chicago's Gold Coast. I retired in 1999 after 40 years in the English Department of Wilbur Wright College, on Chicago's Northwest Side, where I was department chair for 7 years and Wright's Distinguished Service Professor for 1995-96.

In late 2005, I found myself retired, widowed, 73, and depressed, so I set out to find contentment through reflection and writing. My first published book, Reinventing Myself: Memoirs of a Retired Professor (2006), is a series of personal essays recounting that quest and some of the experiences that came before it. My second is Seniorwriting: A Brief Guide for Seniors Who Want to Write (2007). My third is poetry, Elder Expectations: My Life in Rictameters (2008). My writing also includes a column for eGenerations.com.

I advocate writing for everyone, and hope to encourage my fellow senior citizens to write. I am a member of the Illinois Woman's Press Association, The Story Circle Network, The Authors Marketing Group, and the Chicago Writers Associaion and a volunteer at the Chicago Cultural Center. Please comment on my posts!

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