poetry wednesday

March 30, 2016 in poetry, poetry wednesday

I loved my friend

I loved my friend
(S)he went away from me
There’s nothing more to say
The poem ends,
Soft as it began-
I loved my friend.

-Langston Hughes

Dedicated to Laurie Foley on this late March day.

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.