I think of her as a Violet
almost hidden in the woods.
Tiny as the forest goes but
stately where she stood.
She never ask for anything
save her tiny little space,
and yet within that framework
made a lasting place.
The beauty of the Violet
is not easy to explain
But trying to forget it
would be totally in vain.
The preacher said, "She died
once the day she left the womb."
This time she left memories
to fill her empty room.
Grandma Proses
Shirley A. Bender
Copyright © 1985
'Remembering' set to music...
Composed by Laurie Stonerock
About Me
- Coffeenuts
- Indiana
- This Blog was initially created to help illustrate my Mom's poetry. Her name; Shirley A. Bender. She was born in Indianapolis in 1933. She spent 20 years of her adult life in Arizona and New Mexico. She attended Purdue University, and has lived in Lafayette, Indiana since 1971. She is married to her husband of 60 years, has three children, four grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren w/1 in the oven. She has read her poems throughout the country, and works with grade school children to foster creative writing. My mom's sister, the late Mary Lou Meyer, was the driving force behind my mother to have her books published. Aunt Lou also had eight of her sister's poems set to music. All eight of these tunes were composed by Laurie Stonerock and can be heard on this blog.
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