Obits As Verbs And Other Parts of Speech

 

Pat Hanahoe-Dosch

 

 

 

 

1.

 

has been missing since

 

formerly of

 

where he enjoyed the sun, beach, scuba diving

 

and how moonlight and rising sun sparked and burned away the rising dawn
through a film of water as he lay watching beneath the ocean,
light and life filtered into blurs of color and rainbows
till the surface was unbearable, unreachable

 

hopefully after his body is recovered

 

mass

 

In lieu of

 

 

 

2.

 

died at home on

 

went on to earn a degree in

 

worked as a mathematician

 

married, moved, raised five children who bloomed
like dandelions, daisy fleabane, and woodland violets in a neglected lot beside an empty house

 

a long time facilitator

 

the Transfiguration

 

In lieu of flowers

 

 

 

3.

 

was a member of

 

a native of

 

an avid

 

enjoyed

 

took tap dancing lessons that left him breathless, sweaty, giddy
and full of music in his stomach, head, chest, and everywhere blood goes in the body
like sex with his wife when they were first married and for months

 

is survived

 

In lieu of flowers consider

 

 

 

4.

 

graduated from

 

survived by

 

took flying lessons one summer, fell in love
with the feel of air currents under metal wings,
flowing along the jet stream, rocked by trade winds, and once, the helpless toss of a Sirocco
while traveling with his wife who loved steady rocks and dirt under her feet

 

is preceded in death by

 

and welcomes the

 

viewing is

 

In lieu of flowers consider donating

 

 

 

5.

 

surrounded by

 

at home

 

hospice hospital bed with rails that

 

sometimes stick

 

quietly but

 

once she shook the hand of a pope in St. Peter’s Basilica as he exited mass and stopped
to give his blessing to those in front. She had really wanted to see the Dalai Lama in India
but no one would travel with her and she was afraid to go by herself, so
she traveled with her husband and daughter to Rome and was happy, she said

 

a long illness

 

nondisclosure

 

no one wants to know

 

how it really ended

 

In lieu of flowers consider donating wishes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pat Hanahoe-Dosch’s poems have been published in The Paterson Literary Review, Rattle, The Atticus Review, Panoplyzine, Confrontation, Rust + Moth, American Literary Review, Apple Valley Review, The Red River Review, San Pedro River Review, Apt, among many others.  Her books of poems, The Wrack Line, and Fleeing Back, can be found at Amazon.com or at the FutureCycle Press website.  Her short stories have been published in The Peacock Journal, In Posse Review, Sisyphus, Manzano Mountain Review, and the Schuylkill Valley Journal.  

 

 

 

 


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