MthanCingl tribue to Com pt
For Oom Pietfo Wcle Piet
Finuala Dowling (gentie 3 Kind)
When Iwas least happy in life Nhen she nds Sad,of her death of her husod
doughte my daughterled me across the road
Sentod
Snnetning
her momnaS
dctmnd
in her to a neighbour whom Idid not know
mOr.
with the purpose ofa toddler
who does not see gates and fences -Pdaghter has no boundris
nas introducecd to ashongct
but the ducks and puppies
on the other side.
Ye fernioom Piet
You spoke to me in the same low murmuringsoft sourd/allitcratir
tones, yorClE ae long m-cnd
you used for lame horses and bilious dogs.
had
farmirg Crops, flowers and poultry were our theme:
Comon you made me tea and wiped the counter,
yousaid oeitog' and | don't hope sohc listens to
brotenergkk h r
You guessed(s(spaCing nitn fir pni
You told me Iwas beautiful,
poite
In the courtly way of an old man.
to finUata
One day when it rained
you phoned from your side and said
Beatrix'ZoTte
Tm sending some ducks for mivcs UPthe daughters name
you always called her 'Beatrix' aund calIs her Beatr -as he has
a bg imagincionc abu amcus
out the window we saw them,
waddling over,
in the way of ducks e nas
A the neghbcur and loored out fo her
when directed by Oom Piet.
moRdhSeS Ghe lated
after he doughte
Youmoved and Imoved, but one thing stays:
fhis poemis
the sense of a rescue, somehow being saved. e ieqybecause
She naSsaved iF praises Oom Piet
he did from her Sadnsc but e is not ead
great things
for hor yout
For Oom Pietfo Wcle Piet
Finuala Dowling (gentie 3 Kind)
When Iwas least happy in life Nhen she nds Sad,of her death of her husod
doughte my daughterled me across the road
Sentod
Snnetning
her momnaS
dctmnd
in her to a neighbour whom Idid not know
mOr.
with the purpose ofa toddler
who does not see gates and fences -Pdaghter has no boundris
nas introducecd to ashongct
but the ducks and puppies
on the other side.
Ye fernioom Piet
You spoke to me in the same low murmuringsoft sourd/allitcratir
tones, yorClE ae long m-cnd
you used for lame horses and bilious dogs.
had
farmirg Crops, flowers and poultry were our theme:
Comon you made me tea and wiped the counter,
yousaid oeitog' and | don't hope sohc listens to
brotenergkk h r
You guessed(s(spaCing nitn fir pni
You told me Iwas beautiful,
poite
In the courtly way of an old man.
to finUata
One day when it rained
you phoned from your side and said
Beatrix'ZoTte
Tm sending some ducks for mivcs UPthe daughters name
you always called her 'Beatrix' aund calIs her Beatr -as he has
a bg imagincionc abu amcus
out the window we saw them,
waddling over,
in the way of ducks e nas
A the neghbcur and loored out fo her
when directed by Oom Piet.
moRdhSeS Ghe lated
after he doughte
Youmoved and Imoved, but one thing stays:
fhis poemis
the sense of a rescue, somehow being saved. e ieqybecause
She naSsaved iF praises Oom Piet
he did from her Sadnsc but e is not ead
great things
for hor yout
