old friends
the unfinished melody
of a skylark
Frogpond 47:2 Spring/Summer 2024
‘This haiku holds a special place in my heart. I wrote it while considering how through life we not only nurture and value ongoing friendships, but we also lose friends, either through passing or simply from losing touch. There is an ebb and flow to life and sometimes someone is taken from you when you feel that there is so much more that you could have shared. I hoped that in these few lines I could capture the essence of how special friendship is and how the song of new and old friends continues in this cycle of time and experiences with these bonds. I think that this poem, that came with only a few tweaks from my first version, carries a universal message that everyone can relate to.’