Writers’ Weir: Let’s touch

Published 8:01 am Wednesday, June 8, 2016

The world is contracting and we are becoming isolated from each other

Closed car windows

closed ears and eyes

buy only at the chain store

Forget the little guy down the street.

Let’s open our ears and our eyes

and see who is out there

Say “Hello neighbor

What can I do for you?”

Have the habit of saying “Keep the change”

Smile at a senior

Always remember

We are family and a village

Seek out the small store or place less known

For really what else is there?

Terry Laskey writes: I am a professional gardener and call my business The Little Gardener. I have been a resident of Juneau for 39 years and love the city and enjoy my clients. When I’m not gardening I am dancing or playing music.

• To submit to Writers’ Weir, email your poetry, fiction or nonfiction to managing editor Mary Catharine Martin at maryc.martin@capweek.com.