Cane

 
 
 

Making her way home,
 
an old woman taps her cane
 
on the wet pavement.

Leeks

 
 
 

from an old woman
 
buying a bunch of fresh leeks
 
for potato soup

Tapping

 
 
 

Tapping with a stick,
 
the blind woman makes her way
 
through the garden gate.

Photograph

 
 
 

fading photograph—
 
old woman in a coffin
 
clutching one white rose

Path

 
 
 

narrow woodland path—
 
old woman stepping aside
 
to let the moon pass

Hush

 
 
 

telling the sparrows
 
to hush their noisy gossip—
 
a woman bathing

Danger

 
 
 

an Afghan woman
 
putting herself in danger
 
by writing poems