Leaves Falling Upon the Sky: Reflections of a Life so Far

By Estelle Watson Sanders

The collection of poems, Leaves Falling Upon the Sky, a Reflection of a Life So Far, invites the reader to examine ordinary life events such as “Mowing the Lawn” or “Peeling Potatoes” from a unique perspective.
Estelle’s way of seeing is, as the title suggests, like looking at autumn leaves drifting upward towards the sky rather than falling down to earth.
By looking at our shared experiences from the humorous morning weigh-in depicted in “The Scale” to the serious business of caring for loved ones in “The Sick Child”, the writer shows that we can find meaning in the routines that make up a life.
In the Reflections section, the poem “On Ageing” recalls the ageing Ulysses embarking on a new quest as an optimistic view that old age can be a beginning rather than an end. Finally, some thoughts on our shared Covid isolation in “My Library Fridge” and “Acres of Time” demonstrate the variety and relevance of this Reflection of a Life So Far.
The works mentioned are just an excerpt from over 50 pieces in this book that I hope you will find inspiring as well as fun to read.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664171992

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Rev. date: 04/28/2021

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To Chuck, who is still sharing this journey with me

To my family, for their love

To my friends, for their encouragement

Thank you.

Death: Of a grandmother: Grammie Kate. Of a colleague: Molly. Of a Friend: Sleeping Alone, and, Remember Dan. Of an Unborn Child: The Lost One

Motherhood: The Sick Child, Message to My Child, My Daughter Left For Africa Today

Work: Sisyphus on Saturday, Peeling Potatoes, Mowing the Lawn, Weekly Presents

Relationships: Computer Love, Evensong, Summer Slugs

Moving Away: The Memory Quilt

Spring: Signs of Spring in Southwest Florida, Spring Break, Spring Lament, Shenandoah Spring, Shenandoah Spring Hopes

Disappointment: The Perfect Gift, Waiting for Ulysses, Isolation, Broken Bowls

Politics: Woodstock Twenty Years After, To An Afghan Mother, Possibilities

Homes: Image of a Home. Living Spaces, Coastal High Rises, At the Big House, Coming Home

Reflections: Autumn Days, Cows at Dawn, Loon Lullaby, Another Lake Poem, Hybrid, Scotland Poem, The Gloaming, My Christmas Request, On Ageing, The Scale, Baptism, Maine North Woods, To The Irrational Driver in My Neighborhood, Acres of Time, My Library Fridge, Afterthoughts

Songs: What Do You See?

Thoughts: Feathers in the Trees, A Covid Contemplative

Contents

Death