Category Archives: Family

The Last Label

Posted on September 13, 2018 by sputterpub

“Low maintenance” is how my kids describe me now they’re grown and I’m at times their guest. When they were young I fed them diatribe and anecdote, but both of them have stressed I wasn’t harsh or selfish. So I … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Personality, Poetry | Tagged | Leave a comment

Dowager

Posted on July 10, 2018 by sputterpub

I never thought my mother’d be alive this long, the way the woman used to smoke. She’s slowing down at 90, but she’ll drive her car to stores nearby, until the stroke of 3 when the commuters clog the streets. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Family, Poetry | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Generation Skipping

Posted on March 6, 2018 by sputterpub

“You do too much,” my mother says of late, who used to carp at me for laziness. I haven’t shirked real work. I’m 68, and though I harbor barks of craziness, I’ve never dropped an oar. I pull my weight, … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Poetry | Leave a comment

A Grandma’s Lament

Posted on February 27, 2018 by sputterpub

A dozen years ago, a boy was born who made a grandmother of her and me. Released from life, she’s now a loss to mourn, and this is offered as an elegy. We needed her. The grandpas aren’t close; the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Poetry | Leave a comment