Still Life

Someone is washing my feet

Clipping my nails

Head down, steady in her work

 

Outside, a couple sit together as one

Backs to the sun

Remembering the life they left behind

 

Shoulder to shoulder

In sari and ski hat

Carrying their culture together

 

Sunday, still life

From here to there

From there to here

All of us held

For one silent moment in time

(inspired by a story told by Cathy G.)

About katemccarrollmoore

Kate Moore’s passion is literacy, and she serves as a mentor teacher and staff developer throughout the greater Bay Area. Kate served three terms as the City of San Ramon's Poet Laureate (2012-2018); she also teaches poetry writing workshops and is an instructor in the Master of Arts in Teacher Leadership (MATL) program at St. Mary’s College of California. She was honored as SRVUSD Teacher of the Year in 2007 and San Ramon Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year in 2009. Kate holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social Justice from California State University, East Bay, an M.A. in Teacher Leadership from St. Mary’s and a B.A. in English Education from SUNY Albany. She and Bob Moore are the proud parents of four beautiful grown daughters, and the smitten grandparents of six beautiful children who fill them with hope for the future.
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