old woman in black
walks the beach
in her stockings
About this Rooku
I shared a smile with an old woman on the beach, and noticed she’d taken off her shoes and was walking in her stockings. The beach had won her over. It was a ‘rooku’ moment, a moment of grace.
Email: c.altperson@optusnet.com.au
About Cathy Altmann
Cathy Altmann is a poet whose work has appeared on Melbourne's trains, in journals, anthologies, and her self-published collection, 'The Tree of Knowledge' (2006). She plays violin in Trio Fidelis and has completed a Masters in Creative Writing on poetry and cancer. She lives in Box Hill with her husband and two children.
