LOIS GREENE STONE - POEMS

Lois Greene Stone, writer and poet, has been syndicated worldwide. Poetry and personal essays have been included in hard & softcover book anthologies.  Collections of her personal items/ photos/ memorabilia are in major museums including twelve different divisions of The Smithsonian.  The Smithsonian selected her photo to represent all teens from a specific decade.​

​Blip

Nostrils were nudged by
smooth plastic tubing.
Wrinkles on the hospital
gown itched my thin frame.
A pillow felt like a child’s
rubbery toy but scented with
disinfectant. My toys once
smelled of my mother’s
Shalimar not Clorox.
Was I supposed to believe
the person watching blips
on monitors affixed to
smooth skin was
actually me?                  


Summer/fall 2013    SNReview   ©2013 Lois Greene Stone
reprinted  Shemom  Winter 2013 issue 

Provider  ​

Is
  this
    difficult
knowing
you are
merely
helping us
   with
remaining
    time?