Catherine Tersia Lerena

…fall at both ends. And the sharp dagger returns from the poem of 1 June 2020, so the two are a pair. no I had a darling sister Written for the first anniversary of her sister's death and read to the family. Catherine Tersia Lerena, «Rene», 21 May 1952 – 30 September 1999. It stands inside a memorial address, set as ordinary paragraphs — which is why nobody had ever seen it as a poem. doc — signed at the foot of the document it stands in I had a darling…

…read 10 September 2026 at David's request. Poems transcribed exactly: line breaks, spelling, and the trailing ellipses are hers and are not corrected. «I had a darling sister» and «If love could change the way things are» come from the memorial address for Catherine Tersia Lerena, first anniversary, September 2000. Attributions for the two excluded poems: Helen Steiner Rice, and Rosemonde Gérard's «L'éternelle chanson», 1889. «My Gratitude Jar for the Year 2021» supplied in full by David, 10 September 2026, and quoted…

…to make a poem. For its stink she reaches past the obvious and picks a titan arum — the corpse flower. The close swaps eyes for ears. two-sides no work prose From the memorial address for her sister Catherine Tersia Lerena, called Rene, 21 May 1952 to 30 September 1999, read to the family on the first anniversary of her death. Both poems stand inside it as ordinary paragraphs, which is why nobody had ever seen them set as verse. verse I had a darling…