Wendy Freborg is a former editor and retired social worker who has lived in her Sonoma County CA home long enough to line the walls with books and fill a 2-car garage with boxes. She has one husband, one son, enough friends and too many doctors. The pleasures in her life are her family, travel, crossword puzzles, learning new things, and remembering old times. Wendy’s first nationally published poem appeared in Ingenue in 1964. More recently her work has been featured in Big River Poetry Review, Brevity, and Our Day’s Encounter.
Downsizing
By Wendy Freborg
By Wendy Freborg
The early acquisitions,
Like gentle rain that seeps into the earth,
Are easily absorbed,
Then puddles form and rills begin to run.
Proceed to rivulets and streams.
Like gentle rain that seeps into the earth,
Are easily absorbed,
Then puddles form and rills begin to run.
Proceed to rivulets and streams.
Old houses, like broad rivers,
Must discharge their sediment.
I have reached the delta of my life.
Wendy, this gives us a lot to think about.
All poems should hold us in a moment. This one does wonderfully. Thanks.
I can relate to this. Well said, Wendy.