Echizen Washi

My friend, Phylis, in West Versinia, bought me the book,  The Best Loved Poems of the American People, when I was staying with them in 1999.  I remember she was in her seventies and i lost contact after that. She read me poems when I heard from my family in Japan that my grandfather was dying. It would be the first death in my family, so I didn't know what to calm myself down.

Then she read poems for me. .... That was very helpful.

Now I sometimes pick up the book and read it. Today I read during my art time.

It took her one night to choose which poem to recommend me. My life is supported by everyone.