LOIS GREENE STONE - Adaptation/ Appreciation

​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.​​

Adaptation/ Appreciation  ​

Celebrations
cancelled;
home-bound became
our new-normal.
Age-category concerns
eliminated even
grocery shopping.
Calendar
discarded;
filling another with
happy events seemed
far-off.
Pandemic vaccine
offers global hope.
We’ve accepted
role-reversal:
in-town offspring
attends to tangible
needs; Zoom provides
visual sharing, texting
rapid communication.
My husband and I
touch fingers
feeling privileged
for caring loved-ones,
and allow ourselves
to be receivers
rather than givers. ​