Adelaide B. Shaw

How Am I Doing?

I pass the hours with cooking, cleaning, shopping. On most days. I read, write, paint. On most days. I go out for coffee, for lunch or dinner. On most days, I fight this sadness that comes with living without him. On most days . . .

a friend shows kindness
and sympathy
and hears my problems;
suddenly, I shed the tears
I didn't know I was holding

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About the Author

Adelaide B. Shaw lives in Somers, NY.  She has been creating Japanese poetic forms for fifty years. Her books, An Unknown Road and The Distance I’ve Come, are available on Amazon. She posts published work on her White Petals blog. 

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