Seventy

  

[Seventy]

 

“may haiku seventy”

 

nothing to say for itself

seventy

then this word torrent of years

 

leaves and hailstones then raindrops

seventy

at a time fall from the skies

 

so many books to read at

seventy

so few hours in the day

 

at the birthday party for

seventy

old talk turns to falls units

 

the world is not seven but

seventy

times seven awesome with age

 

were simeon and anna

seventy

when the child confirmed their hopes

 

while in news just to hand see

seventy

is the age when life begins

 

people also ask: how do you spell

seventy?

what’s the word for 70?

 

blood thinners beta blockers

seventy

gout inhibitors aspirin

 

the bedroom study kitchen

seventy

the bathroom laundry garage

 

what journeys to recall at

seventy

names and faces remembered

 

cities of gold in time’s light

seventy

buried in the mind to mine

 

could you take from all your words

seventy

that said all that need be said

 

seventeen in a haiku

seventy

in a psalm about to end

 

to hold to all the past at

seventy

or pass on to the future

 

unknown obscure empty

seventy

yet known true full, to oneself

 

we are meant to understand

seventy

but we don’t, altogether