Valentine’s Day coming up and, being caught in flight delays just after Christmas, I had time to watch people. There was one ‘junior elderly’ couple that delighted me, they’d clearly been together for many years …
OLD COUPLE
you have heard his jokes 
eighty times over
and laughed first last and ever
you have warmed her feet
night after sixty winters
you know the curve of back
and length of thigh
from silk to wrinkle
each to each
you are twined about
one house one heart
complete
first published in People’s Poetry Letter
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I love this Joanna!! Keep up the good work…..
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:02:50 +0000 To: terencetmiranda@hotmail.com
Thank you, Terence. The couple in the photo are dear friends, who really fit the poem. All the best, Joanna