The Tookany Review   Vol. IV Winter 2008   
   Poetry written by Cheltenham Township Adult School Workshop Participants     
   Cheltenham, PA  
 

In this issue

Linda Barrett

Claudia Beechman

Maxine Brockington

Mary Brucker

E. Twan Crawford

Ed D'Ancona

Ruth Deming

Jan Felgoise

Marion Fox

Nehru Nelson

Boris Putterman

Edited by Deborah Fries

cover image by
E. Twan Crawford

Home

Maxine Brockington

One poem

Moment

Once we were young

all was fair then,

time capsule of warm embraces,

distant faces and promises kept.

Hours minutes seconds become slower

the slower and slower still

all that seemed expedient -- is not.

Brightly colored moments captured

in a frame, hands held at a distance

now maintain we are content,

and a love that was never meant to be --

is understood to be just that.

Now a clearer vision comes to mind,

that is -- what is in the past is over;

and that which is to come shall be,

and what we don't understand now,

time will give light to this darkness.

Maxine Brockington has been writing poems for many years.  She is a mother of five and grandmother of seven, who works in jewelry and teaches Sunday school. She lives in Cheltenham.

  At this time, The Tookany Review is accepting only the work of writers who are enrolled or have been enrolled in  
  Cheltenham Adult School writing workshops. 
For more information about writing workshops offered by the Cheltenham Township Adult School, contact:
Cheltenham Township Adult School
1414 Panther Road
Wyncote, PA 19095
Phone: 215-887-1720