Adele at 100
What better way to end our chapter on poetry than with a poem by Ellen Steinbaum. Ellen's poem, "Adele at 100" is inspired by writer and teacher Adele Margolis. This particular poem is from her new book, Brightness Falls, which will be out in September.
Adele at 100
thinks she may not
want to die yet after all,
after all the neat parceling
of books and paintings and
the last Nakashima chest sold
for rent and home health aides.
She thought last year would be
her last and good with all that
loss and pain, discussed with
medical schools which one should
have her shell. But now she thinks
she may not want to go,
tells the tactful doctor, not yet.
She wants to see what else happens.
in memory of Adele P. Margolis 1909-2009
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