After Visiting Hakone Gardens.
during the bus ride home
he offers me a tangerine
takes one for himself
I begin to peel this small orb
before I am finished
he hands me his, ready to eat
a trade to illuminate caring
as sunset begins its offering
Illia Thompson teaches Memoir Writing and holds Journaling Workshops. Honors include Certificate of Achievement Honorable Mention, Writer’s Digest Poetry Competition. Her poems appear in local poetry collections. Published books include Moments, Heartframes, Another Kind of Music, and Along the Memoirs Way.
during the bus ride home
he offers me a tangerine
takes one for himself
I begin to peel this small orb
before I am finished
he hands me his, ready to eat
a trade to illuminate caring
as sunset begins its offering
Illia Thompson teaches Memoir Writing and holds Journaling Workshops. Honors include Certificate of Achievement Honorable Mention, Writer’s Digest Poetry Competition. Her poems appear in local poetry collections. Published books include Moments, Heartframes, Another Kind of Music, and Along the Memoirs Way.
