Friends ~ and you know who you are ~
we lost Shizumi Corman
on November 30, 2011.
Shizumi is now where she always said she always wanted to be,
with her husband Cid Corman (1924-2004 ).
Kyoto has a dove flying overhead.
I had a thirty year strong relationship and correspondence with Cid, often four letters a week, in the good old days of blue aerogrammes. Who, possibly, has that much to say? But we did. And when Cid was gone, for those few years more, when I wrote to Shizumi, she asked that I continue addressing the letters as I always had "dear Cid & Shizumi". Including having Cid's name on the mailing envelope.
The muse behind 1000 poems.
I leave my
life with you
Make of it
what you can.
~ CC
Shizumi Corman
(Konishi Shizumi)
Baby—we've all jumped
from the pot into the fire.
Ain't we something else?
~ CC
calligraphy © shizumi corman
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