Best Words<\/p>\n
Like a heavy temple bell<\/em> —Joseph Stroud, \u201cSteps to the River\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Is he around me all the time Now there\u2019s no way for me But when there\u2019s no answer, <\/p>\n Jeanne Lohmann<\/a> has ten poetry collections<\/a> in print, and two of prose. Her most recent work is Home Ground<\/em> <\/a>(Fithian Press, 2013). Her poems appear in chapbooks, literary journals, and anthologies, and have been read on local and national public radio. The Jeanne Lohmann Poetry Trail<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0with six poems is part of the wooded landscape at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Best Words Like a heavy temple bell struck loud death claims a good man And his love resonates after shimmering through our lives —Joseph Stroud, \u201cSteps to the River\u201d Is he around me all the time helping me along, as … Continue reading
\n struck loud<\/em>
\n death claims a good man<\/em>
\n And his love resonates after<\/em>
\n shimmering through our lives<\/em><\/p>\n
\nhelping me along, as once he said
\nI helped him on his dying way?
\nHe thanked me for that.<\/p>\n
\nto tell him thanks.
\nThe simple truth is I miss him.
\nI want him to know,
\nwant the words we said then
\nas alive in him
\nas they are in me.<\/p>\n
\nno body listening,
\neven the best words between lovers
\ndisappear as chimes on the air,
\nmemory like a poem
\nmore than its words,
\nthe way love always is.<\/p>\n