Saturday, May 28, 2011

Two Hands

my wife has some lovely
Mother's Day cards
from our sons
made at school

     Father's Day
     comes after school is out
     for the summer
     I get store-bought cards

I think it's great
that women and men walk
twenty miles a day
for three days
wearing pink

     it's not the cancer
     that kills the most women

     and where's the three day
     walk for prostate cancer?

this man is probably
too logical for you

     but I write poems

/ / /

This poem was written in response to a prompt at Poetic Asides to write an "on the other hand" poem.

2 comments:

  1. I think it is up to men to organize such a walk. Do you think they would turn out in such large numbers as women do?

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  2. Mary, I agree. It is up to men to organize such a walk. And no, I don't think they'd turn out in such large numbers as women do. It's a visibility issue - and probably one of shame as well.

    Richard

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